Oued Taleh (Cretaceous to of Algeria)

Where: Adrar, Algeria (27.3° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oued Taleh Sand Member (Upper Clay Formation), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)

• from middle part of Subunit D-1 (Oued Taleh Sand) of Unit D (Upper Clay); former "Continental Intercalaire"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, medium, yellow sandstone

• "yellowish sand beds interbedded by three greenish clay levels. These individual sand beds are centimetric to metric, displaying horizontal and oblique cross-beddings underlined with 1–3 cm-thick greenish mud drapes. Grain size analysis evidences fine- to medium-grained and moderately to well-sorted deposits. The quartz grain shape is sub-angular to sub-rounded"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Draoui, M. Bendella, B. Ferré, M. Benhamou, M. Ben Abdelkrim and M. Benyoucef. 2022. The Lower Cretaceous “Continental Intercalaire” around Tidikelt (Central Sahara, Algeria): sedimentology, palaeontology and ichnology. 185:104396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219384: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
teeth, scales
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
tooth, cervical vertebra
 Loricata - Pholidosauridae
Sarcosuchus sp.
Sarcosuchus sp. de Broin and Taquet 1966 crocodilian
osteoderms and teeth
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Onchopristis numidus
Onchopristis numidus Haug 1905 ray
rostral teeth