Also known as Babouri-Figuil, Ba Bouri; Brillanceausuchus babouriensis type
Where: Nord, Cameroon (9.8° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 4.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)
• Babouri-Figuil basin
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•Early Cretaceous, probably Barremian
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•from Tchouatcha et al. 2021: "the geodynamic evolution of the Babouri-Figuil and Mayo Oulo-Lere basins is summarized in four main phases: with firstly the formation of ditches during the Valanginian - Hauterivian transition; secondly, the filling of the ditches during the Hauterivian-Barremian stratigraphic section; thirdly, the folding of the deposits in the Maestrichtian and finally distension in the Cenozoic."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1987-1988
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J.-G. Michard, F. de Broin, M. Brunet and J. Hell. 1990. Le plus ancien crocodilien néosuchien spécialisé à caractères “eusuchiens” du continent Africain (Crétacé inférieur, Cameroun). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série II 311:365-371 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123467: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Brillanceausuchus babouriensis n. gen. n. sp.
Brillanceausuchus babouriensis n. gen. n. sp. Michard et al. 1990 crocodilian BBR 201 - holotype (skull and partial postcranial skeleton); paratypes: BBR 203, 242, 245, 246 and 296 (cranial fragments), BBR 291 (vertebrae and osteoderms), BBR 298 (cranial table and portion of mandible), BBR 310 (portions of the snout and dentary), BBR 227 and 231 (teeth), and BBR 216 (dorsal vertebra); topotypes - BBR 201-331
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