Tamerát (Jurassic of Niger)

Also known as Jobaria type site

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.8° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tiourarén Formation (Irhazer Group), Late/Upper Jurassic (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• Previously considered Bathonian–Callovian, but theropod remains suggest a Late Jurassic age for the fossiliferous horizons of the Tacuarembó Formation (see Serrano-Martínez et al. 2015 and Soto et al. 2020).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Sereno in 1993-1997

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), 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 59641: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Jobaria tiguidensis n. gen. n. sp.
Jobaria tiguidensis n. gen. n. sp. Sereno et al. 1999 sauropod