In Gall: Early Berriasian - Late Valanginian, Niger
collected by Lapparent, Greigert & Joulia 1946
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| Royo-Torres et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNHN.F1961-28 | ||||||||||
| 108 specimens | ||||||||||
| "une espèce distincte" | ||||||||||
| Lapparent 1960 | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| vertebrae, metatarsals | ||||||||||
| Lapparent 1960 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Niger | State/province: | Agadez |
| Coordinates: | 16.8° North, 6.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.6° South, 11.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 456 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian - Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Berriasian - Late Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145 - 132.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Irhazer | Formation: | Irhazer Shales | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Irazer clays" belong to the lower part of the "Continental Intercalaire" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red clays" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 111 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Lapparent, Greigert & Joulia | Collection dates: | 1946 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lapparent site 20 | ||
| Database number: | 25223 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-09-03 12:27:51 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-03 12:27:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45866. | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1958. Sur les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Sahara central [On the dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 246:1237-1240 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 45935 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les dinosaures du Sahara central [The dinosaurs of the central Sahara]. Travaux de l'Institut de Recherches Sahariennes 19(1–2):7-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 7056 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 73748 | R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, P. Mocho and L. Alcalá. 2021. Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new ‘rosetta’ specimen from Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(1):201-227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |