Suchomimus type, Gadoufaoua (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 3.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• GAD 5 level in the Elrhaz Formation, Illumeden Basin; Aptian–Albian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; medium-grained sandstone

• The Elrhaz Formation is composed almost exclusively of medium-grained fluvial sandstone and is known for exquisite preservation of vertebrate material (Sereno & El Shafie 2012)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. C. Sereno

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, B. Gado, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. D. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1998. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282:1298-1302 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60029: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Suchomimus tenerensis n. gen. n. sp.
Suchomimus tenerensis n. gen. n. sp. Sereno et al. 1998 tetanuran theropod
MNN GDF 500