Also known as Lapparent site 17b, Iguallala
Where: Tahoua, Niger (17.5° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° N, 0.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tegama Group, Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 93.5 Ma)
• "upper part of 'Continental intercalaire', just below the Cenomanian-Turonian limestone" and the highest part of the Tegama - but could be the Farak Formation (listed as such in Weishampel et al. 2004).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Lapparent & J. Greigert
Collection methods: surface (float),
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 25220: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 sauropod |