Oued Ameregh (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Also known as Oued Ameragh

Where: Illizi, Algeria (28.4° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Gabani, C. Mammeri, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, and M. Mahboubi. 2016. Le Crétacé continental à vertébrés de la bordure sud du plateau de Tinhert: découvertes paléontologiques et considérations stratigraphiques [The continental Cretaceous vertebrates of the southern border of the Tinhert Plateau: paleontological discoveries and stratigraphic considerations]. Mémoire du service géologique de l’Algérie 19:39-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227231: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Platyspondylus foureaui Haug 1905 sawfish
 Galeomorphi -
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Neoceratodontidae
"Ceratodus africanus" = Neoceratodus africanus
"Ceratodus africanus" = Neoceratodus africanus Haug 1905 Queensland lungfish
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
 Saurischia -
Paralititan sp. Smith et al. 2001 sauropod
long bone
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
3 cervicals, 1 caudal, 3 claws, 2 phalanges
 Theropoda - Noasauridae
Deltadromeus sp. Sereno et al. 1996 ceratosaur
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus sp. Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod
dentary fragment
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925 allosauroid
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Mawsonia lavocati Tabaste 1963 coelacanth
skull bone