gour south of In Akhamil: Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Algeria
collected by A. F. de Lapparent, Tabaste, Gabani 1947
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lapparent 1960 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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= Ceratodus pectinatus
Tabaste 1963
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Tabaste 1963 | |||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Neoceratodontidae
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Ceratodus africanus
Haug 1905
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Gabani et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neoceratodus africanus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lapparentopheidae
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Lapparentophis defrennei n. gen., n. sp.
Hoffstetter 1959
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Hoffstetter 1959 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| 3 vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis
Lapparent 1957
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Lapparent 1960 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Rebbachisauridae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Lapparent 1960 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Gabani et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Onchopristis numidus
(Haug 1905)
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Tabaste 1963 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Platyspondylus foureaui
Haug 1905
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Gabani et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Hylaeobatis sp.
Woodward 1916
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Gabani et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Algeria | State/province: | Illizi |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 9.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.7° North, 9.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Berriasian - Early/Lower Cenomanian |
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Continental Intercalaire |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: greenish, sandy clays | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils,species names | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. F. de Lapparent, Tabaste, Gabani | Collection dates: | 1947 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lapparent site 19 | ||
| Database number: | 25222 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-09-03 12:22:25 | Last modified: | 2022-09-26 09:26:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-03 12:22:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45858. | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1957. The Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa and India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 2:109-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 82692 | A. Gabani, C. Mammeri, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, and M. Mahboubi. 2016. Le Crétacé continental à vertébrés de la bordure sud du plateau de Tinhert: découvertes paléontologiques et considérations stratigraphiques [The continental Cretaceous vertebrates of the southern border of the Tinhert Plateau: paleontological discoveries and stratigraphic considerations]. Mémoire du service géologique de l’Algérie 19:39-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 39844 | R. Hoffstetter. 1959. Un Serpent terrestre dans le Crétacé inférieur du Sahara [A terrestrial snake in the Lower Cretaceous of the Sahara]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 1:897-902 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion] | |
| 45935 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les dinosaures du Sahara central [The dinosaurs of the central Sahara]. Travaux de l'Institut de Recherches Sahariennes 19(1–2):7-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 7056 | 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] | |
| 71151 | N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70903 | P. Taquet. 2010. The dinosaurs of Maghreb: the history of their discovery. Historical Biology 22(1–3):88-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |