Amoura-Gaada tracksite (Cretaceous to of Algeria)

Also known as Site 20

Where: Laghouat, Algeria (34.3° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Bessedik, C. Mammeri, L. Belkebir and M. Mahboubi. 2020. Les empreintes de pieds tri et tetradactyles de dinosaures (Rhétien-Hettangien à Cénomanien) de l’Atlas saharien (Algérie) [Tri- and tetradactyl dinosaur footprints (Rhaetian–Hettangian to Cenomanian) from the Saharan Atlas (Algeria)]. Mémoire du service géologique de l’Algérie 21:29-50 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227683: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.10.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
Ensemble 5/Group 1 (cf. Megalosauropus, Megalosauripus)