16 km southeast of Agadez (Cretaceous to of Niger)

Also known as Lapparent site 2, Agadès

Where: Agadèz, Niger (16.8° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• lower part of the "Continental Intercalaire"

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and claystone

• sandstone lenses in 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 25133: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 sauropod