Where: Adrar, Algeria (29.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 0.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Continental Intercalaire Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by Burté in 1924
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: C. Depéret and J. Savornin. 1925. Sur la découverte d'une faune de Vertébrés albiens à Timimoun (Sahara occidental) [On the discovery of a fauna of Albian vertebrates at Timimoun (western Sahara)]. Comptes Rendus des Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences à Paris 181:1108-1111 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59689: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Megalosaurus africanus n. sp." = Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
"Megalosaurus africanus n. sp." = Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Depéret and Savornin 1925 allosauroid |