Where: Agadez, Niger (16.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 1.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tiourarén Formation (Irhazer Group), Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Sereno in 1993
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266(5183):267-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91375: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Afrovenator abakensis n. gen. n. sp.
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