Also known as Géant des Ksour

Where: Naama, Algeria (32.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aïssa Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• listed as "Djara Formation" in ref 70818.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gypsiferous, sandy claystone and dolomitic lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by F. Mahammad et al. in 2000

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Mahammad, L. Mami, L. Mekahli, M. Benhamou, B. Bouterfa, A. Kacemi, and S. A. Chérief. 2002. Le géant des Ksour: un dinosaure sauropode dans le Jurassique moyen de l’ouest de l’Algérie [The giant of the Ksour: a sauropod dinosaur in the Middle Jurassic of western Algeria]. Bulletin du Service Géologique de l’Algérie 13(1):3-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60171: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 04.05.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano

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