Where: Tahoua, Niger (15.4° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 0.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Dukamaje Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, green siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. T. J. Moody and P. J. C. Suttcliffe. 1991. The Cretaceous deposits of the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger, central West Africa. Cretaceous Research 12:137-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104945: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 12.02.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Stratodus sp. Cope 1872 | |
Reptilia | |
Palaeophis sp. Owen 1841 snake | |
Plioplatecarpus sp., ? Platecarpus sp., ? Angolasaurus sp., Goronyosaurus sp., Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus, cf. Mosasaurus hoffmani, Halisaurus sp.
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