Irhazer Shale
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| Irhazer Shale Irhazer II Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic[1] ~ Middle Jurassic | |
| File:Spinophorosaurus in environment modified.jpg Paleoenvironment reconstruction | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Irhazer Group |
| Underlies | Tiouraren Formation |
| Overlies | Assaouas Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, claystone |
| Other | Siltstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Agadez Region |
| Country | Niger |
| Extent | Iullemmeden Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Irhazer Izane |
Irhazer Shale (Niger) | |
The Irhazer Shale (French: Argiles de l'Irhazer) or Irhazer II Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation of the Irhazer Group in the Agadez Region of Niger. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] The dinosaur Spinophorosaurus is known from the formation.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]As the overlying Tiouraren Formation of the Irhazer Group, the formation previously had been assigned an Early Cretaceous age.[3][4][5]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]The following fossils were reported from the formation:[3][4][5]
- Allosauridae indet.[6]
- Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis
- Ornithopoda indet.
- Paravipus didactyloides[7]
- Spinosauridae or Megalosauridae indet.[8][9]
- Spinophorosaurus nigerensis
See also
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- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
- Geology of Niger
References
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- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ a b c North of Aderbissinat at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Ifayen Ignère at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b In Gall at Fossilworks.org
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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
- K. Remes, F. Ortega, I. Fierro, U. Joger, R. Kosma, J. M. M. Ferrer, Project, Niger Project, O. A. Ide and A. Maga. (2009). A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the early evolution of Sauropoda. PLoS One 4(9):e6924:1-13