Erg Iller (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Also known as Ilafehr, Ilaferh

Where: Adrar, Algeria (21.6° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Continental Intercalaire Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206859: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus tuberculatus Tabaste 1963 lungfish