Also known as Moradi Fauna
Where: Agadez, Niger (18.8° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 8.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moradi Formation (Izégouandane Group), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• "The age of the Moradi Formation is poorly constrained, although it is typically considered latest Permian (Taquet 1972, 1978)" (Steyer et al., 2006)
•see also collection (68053)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; brown, red mudstone and intraclastic, red, conglomeratic sandstone
•a thin conglomeratic red sandstone. The heterogeneous clasts of
•the sandstone matrix are composed of silicified and indurated
•clay pebbles." (Steyer et al., 2006)
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. Sidor, A. Maga, O. Ide, and others in 2000, 2003, 2006
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
• MNN = Musée National du Niger, Niamey
Primary reference: J. S. Steyer, R. Damiani, C. A. Sidor, F. R. O'Keefe, H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, and O. Ide. 2006. The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the Edopoid Colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):18-28 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68054: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.12.2006, edited by Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bunostegos akokanensis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Nigerpeton ricqlesi n. gen. n. sp.
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