35 km south of Agadez (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Also known as Lapparent site 1, Agadès

Where: Agadèz, Niger (16.6° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irhazer Shales Formation (Irhazer Group), Early/Lower Berriasian to Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 136.4 Ma)

• "Irazer clays" belong to the lower part of the "Continental intercalaire" (literally, "continental deposits between the limestones")

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and claystone

• bones found in sandy lenses within the clays

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lapparent & Joulia

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25132: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 sauropod