Tiguidi cliff, Zinder piste (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Also known as Lapparent site 27

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.4° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tegama Group, Early/Lower Barremian to Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 93.5 Ma)

• "Tegama sandstones"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lapparent & Joulia in 1953–1954

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141305: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste 1963 lungfish
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis Lapparent 1957 theropod
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 sauropod
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar