Also known as Lapparent site 20
Where: Agadez, Niger (16.8° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 2.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lapparent, Greigert & Joulia in 1946
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1958. Sur les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Sahara central [On the dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 246:1237-1240 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25223: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Stromer 1932 sauropod |