El Kohol: Albian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Hylaeobatis sp. Woodward 1916
Gabani et al. 2016
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Marckgrafia sp. Weiler 1935
Gabani et al. 2016
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Gabani et al. 2016
Chondrichthyes
Onchopristus numidus
Gabani et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus zitteli
Gabani et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
Gabani et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Gabani et al. 2016
Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae
Ceratodus africanus Haug 1905
Gabani et al. 2016
recombined as Neoceratodus africanus
Reptilia
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
complete distorted vertebra
Reptilia - Lapparentopheidae
? Lapparentopheidae indet. Hoffstetter 1959
1 specimen
fragmentary vertebra
Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus sp. Stromer 1931
Mahboubi et al. 2007 1 specimen
phalanx
    = Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925
Gabani et al. 2016
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 1.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.5° North, 2.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: late Albian; locality not described so unsure where this lies in relation to the Eocene sediments
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:187588
Authorizer:P. Barrett, M. Carrano Enterer:T. Cleary, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-08-03 11:55:16 Last modified:2022-07-26 11:39:28
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-03 11:55:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62975. G. Cuny, J.-J. Jaeger, M. Mahboubi and J.-C. Rage. 1990. Les plus anciens serpents (Reptilia, Squamata) connus. Mise au point sur l'âge géologique des serpents de la partie moyenne du Crétacé. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences 311:1267-1272 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]

Secondary references:

82271 M. Bessedik, M. Mahboubi, C. Mammeri and L. Belkebir. 2020. Les restes de dinosaures et leurs traces en Algérie [The remains of dinosaurs and their tracks in Algeria]. Mémoire du service géologique de l’Algérie 21:19-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82692 A. Gabani, C. Mammeri, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, and M. Mahboubi. 2016. Le Crétacé continental à vertébrés de la bordure sud du plateau de Tinhert: découvertes paléontologiques et considérations stratigraphiques [The continental Cretaceous vertebrates of the southern border of the Tinhert Plateau: paleontological discoveries and stratigraphic considerations]. Mémoire du service géologique de l’Algérie 19:39-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70817 M. Mahboubi, M. Bessedik, L. Belkebir, M. Adaci, H. Hebib, M. Bensalah, C. Mammeri, B. Mansour, and M. E. H. Mansouri. 2007. Première découverte d’empreintes de pas de dinosaures dans le Crétacé inférieur de la region d’El Bayadh (Algérie) [First discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Cretaceous of the El Bayadh region (Algeria)]. Bulletin du Service Géologique National 18(2):127-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]