Where: Agadez, Niger (16.5° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• "niveau des innocents"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. Dutheil, P. C. Sereno et al. in 1997
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342-1347 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59640: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Nigersaurus taqueti n. gen. n. sp.
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