Also known as Lapparent site 12a, Elrhaz

Where: Agadez, Niger (16.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 2.9° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Elrhaz Formation (Tegama Group), Aptian (125.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• described as the "Tegama sandstones"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Faure in 1954

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Collection made from a general region, with discrete sites separated as discrete collections. These specimens represent those described as coming from "El Rhaz", but not e.g. "a site 8 km NE of El Rhaz".

Primary reference: 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 25194: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 01.09.2002

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