Where: Agadez, Niger (16.7° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• GAD 5 is in the upper part of the Elrhaz Formation, slightly higher than the Niveau des Innocents site
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Taquet, G. Ligabue in 1965–1966, 1970, 1973; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: P. Taquet. 1967. Découvertes paléontologiques récentes dans le Nord du Niger [Recent paleontological discoveries in the north of Niger]. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 163:415-418 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28569: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica n. sp.4, Margaritifera (Pseudunio) valdensis4, Margaritifera (Margaritifera) rhazensis n. sp.4
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Reptilia | |
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle | |
Teneremys lapparenti n. gen. n. sp.2
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Araripesuchus wegeneri n. sp.1
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Actinopteri | |
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