Aïn Cheikh, Chebbi (Cretaceous to of Algeria)

Also known as Lapparent site 5

Where: Adrar, Algeria (26.8° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Continental Intercalaire Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian to Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. F. de Lapparent in 1946

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 25142: 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