Also known as Inbécéten, Ibesseten, In Becetem, In Beceten, In'Betetéen
Where: Tahoua, Niger (15.1° N, 6.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.7° N, 0.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inbeceten Formation (Damergou Group), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• layer enclosed by two well-dated beds (biostratigraphically), described as "lower Senonian"
•"late Coniacian-Santonian (Báez and Rage 1998)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; black, gray shale and sandstone
•"shales and sandstones" (Báez and Rage 1998)
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Greigert, F. de Broin, D. E. Russell, P. Taquet in 1966, 1970–1973; reposited in the MNHN
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• "Most fossils lie exposed on the ground surface... A large number of the specimens collected came from screen-washing operations" (Báez and Rage 1998)
Primary reference: F. de Broin, E. Buffetaut, J.-C. Koeniguer, J.-C. Rage, D. E. Russell, P. Taquet, C. Vergnaud-Grazzini and S. Wenz. 1974. La fauna de Vertébrés continentaux du gisement d'In Beceten (Sénonien du Niger) [The continental vertebrate fauna from the In Beceten locality (Senonian of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences à Paris, série D 279:469-472 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 48867: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.04.2005, edited by John Alroy and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
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Erymnochelys madagascariensis Grandidier 1867 sideneck turtle | |
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Madtsoia aff. madagascariensis5 Hoffstetter 1961 snake similar to M. madagascariensis but with some differences of possible specific value
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Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Carnosauria indet. carnosaur | |
Titanosaurinae indet. Lydekker 1893 titanosaurid | |
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Amphibia | |
Urodela indet. salamander | |
"Pachybatrachus taqueti n. gen. n. sp." = Pachycentrata taqueti1
"Pachybatrachus taqueti n. gen. n. sp." = Pachycentrata taqueti1 Báez and Rage 1998 clawed frog "very close to Xenopus"; MNHN-IBC 1404
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Inbecetenanura ragei n. gen. n. sp.3
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Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog | |
Actinopteri | |
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Stromerichthys sp. Weiler 1935 | |
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Angiospermae | |
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