El Gazel (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.7° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 11.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Douiret Sand Member (Douiret Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Fanti, M. Contessi, and F. Franchi. 2012. The “Continental Intercalaire” of southern Tunisia: stratigraphy, paleontology, and paleoecology. Journal of African Earth Sciences 73-74:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227053: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.08.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Tracheophyta -
Tracheophyta indet.
in situ tree trunks
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Priohybodus arambourgi d'Erasmo 1960 elasmobranch
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
"postcranial remains"
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus sp. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
fragmentary tooth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar