Tebessa: Ypresian, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dyrosaurus phosphaticus
(Thomas 1893)
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 8.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.6° North, 5.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136906 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-06 03:40:42 | Last modified: | 2014-05-27 08:54:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-06 03:40:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43776. | S. Jouve. 2005. A new description of the skull of Dyrosaurus phosphaticus (Thomas, 1893) (Mesoeucrocodylia: Dyrosauridae) from the Lower Eocene of North Africa. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:323-337 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |