110 km southeast of Egaro (Cretaceous of Niger)

Also known as Lapparent site 12d, El Rhaz

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.1° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 4.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• "Tegama sandstones"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Faure in 1957

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• "varied bones" also reported from this site.

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 25195: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925 allosauroid
MNHN Td.2269