Paki, carrière 4 (Cretaceous to of Senegal)

Also known as quarry 4

Where: Thiès, Senegal (14.7° N, 17.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° N, 20.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Unnamed stratigraphic unit, "Grés et argiles"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; quartzose sandstone

• shallow marine environment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1965

Primary reference: J.-R. Lappartient and J. Monteillet. 1981. Le gisement fossilifère sénonien supérieur des carrières de Paki (Sénégal). Bulletin de l'IFAN, serie A 42(3):431-439 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92227: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.11.2009, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

• Invertebrates and plants were found previously from this locality, but no details are given in this reference
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Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
cf. Titanopteryx sp.
cf. Titanopteryx sp. Arambourg 1959 pterosaur
"voisin de Quetzalcoatlus sp."