NIGER
ELRHAZ FORMATION
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999
COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA
SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS, 2000
GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS, 2000
MICRORDER: FENESTRASAURIA PETERS, 2000
ORDER: PTEROSAURIA KAUP, 1834
SUBORDER: EUPTERODACTYLOIDEA BENNETT, 1994
Superfamily: AZHDARCHIDEA Nesov, 1984
Family: AZHDARCHIDAE Nesov, 1984 emend Padian, 1986
Gen. sp indet.
Superfamily: ORNITHOCHEIROIDEA Seeley, 1870 (sensu Seeley, 1891)
Family: ANHANGUERIDAE Campos & Kellner 1985
Gen. sp indet.
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
TEDREFT
TIOURAREN FORMATION
TEGAMA GROUP
APTIAN-ALBIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
AVEPODA PAUL, 2002
SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986
GRANDORDER: CERATOSAURIA NOVAS, 1992
AVEROSTRA PAUL, 2001
ORDER: CERATOSAURIA MARSH, 1884
*Spinostropheaus gautieri
= Elaphrosaurus? gautieri
ORDER: NEOTETANURAE SERENO, WILSON, LARSSON, DUTHEIL &
SUBORDER: AVETHEROPODA PAUL, 1988
Superfamily: ALLOSAUROIDEA Marsh, 1878 (sensu Currie & Zhao, 1994)
Family: CARCHARODONTOSAURIDAE Stromer, 1931
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
INFRAORDER: HOMALOSAUROPIA JANENSCH, 1929
PARVORDER: DIPLODOCIMORPHA CALVO & SALGADO, 1995
Superfamily: DIPLODOCOIDEA Upchurch, 1995
Family: REBBACHISAURIDAE
*Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
7 KM SE OF EL RHAZ
TEGAMA FORMATION (WAS EL RHAZ FORMATION)
TEGAMA SERIES
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
UPPERMOST EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
MAGNORDER: ORNITHISCHIA SEELEY, 1888
SUPERORDER: NEORNITHISCHIA COOPER, 1985
GRANDORDER: ORNITHOPODA MARSH, 1871
MICRORDER: EUORNITHOPODA SERENO, 1986
ORDER: IGUANODONTIA DOLLO, 1888
SUBORDER: ANKYLOPOLLEXIA SERENO, 1986
INFRAORDER: STYRACOSTERNA SERENO, 1986
PARVORDER: HADROSAURIFORMES SERENO, 1997
Superfamily: IGUANODONTIDEA Cope, 1869 (sensu Sereno, 1986)
Family: IGUANODONTIDAE Cope, 1869
*Lurdusaurus arenatus
Superfamily: OURANOSAURIDEA Nova
Family: OURANOSAURIDAE nova
*Ouranosaurus nigeriensi
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CENTRAL NIGER
TENERE DESERT
GADOUFAOUA
TEGAMA GROUP
ELRHAZ FORMATION
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999
COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA
SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS, 2000
GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS, 2000
MICRORDER: FENESTRASAURIA PETERS, 2000
ORDER: PTEROSAURIA KAUP, 1834
SUBORDER: EUPTERODACTYLOIDEA BENNETT, 1994
Superfamily: AZHDARCHIDEA Nesov, 1984
Family: AZHDARCHIDAE Nesov, 1984 emend Padian, 1986
Gen. sp indet.
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
AVEPODA PAUL, 2002
SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986
GRANDORDER: TETANURAE GAUTHIER, 1986
ORDER: SPINOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991
Family: BARYONYCHIDAE Charig & Milner, 1986
Baronyx tenerensis
= *Suchomimus tenerensis
ORDER: NEOTETANURAE SERENO, WILSON, LARSSON, DUTHEIL &
SUBORDER: AVETHEROPODA PAUL, 1988
Superfamily: ALLOSAUROIDEA Marsh, 1878 (sensu Currie & Zhao, 1994)
Family: CARCHARODONTOSAURIDAE Stromer, 1931
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
FAKO
TIOURAREN FORMATION
TEGAMA GROUP
APTIAN-ALBIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
AVEPODA PAUL, 2002
SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986
GRANDORDER: CERATOSAURIA NOVAS, 1992
AVEROSTRA PAUL, 2001
ORDER: CERATOSAURIA MARSH, 1884
Spinostropheaus gautieri
= Elaphrosaurus? gautieriCOHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
Family: CAMARASAURIDAE Cope, 1877
Subfamily: CAMARASAURINAE Cope, 1877 (sensu Nopcsa, 1928)
Jobaria tiguidensis
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
NIAMEY
TIOURAREN FORMATION
TEGAMA GROUP
APTIAN-ALBIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
Family: CAMARASAURIDAE Cope, 1877
Subfamily: CAMARASAURINAE Cope, 1877 (sensu Nopcsa, 1928)
Jobaria tiguidensis
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
NIAMEY
TAMERAT
TIOURAREN FORMATION
TEGAMA GROUP
APTIAN-ALBIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
AVEPODA PAUL, 2002
SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986
GRANDORDER: CERATOSAURIA NOVAS, 1992
AVEROSTRA PAUL, 2001
ORDER: CERATOSAURIA MARSH, 1884
Superfamily: ABELISAUROIDEA Novas, 1989
Family: ABELISAURIDAE Bonaparte & Novas, 1985
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
Family: CAMARASAURIDAE Cope, 1877
Subfamily: CAMARASAURINAE Cope, 1877 (sensu Nopcsa, 1928)
*Jobaria tiguidensis
MAGNORDER: ORNITHISCHIA SEELEY, 1888
SUPERORDER: EURYOPDA SERENO, 1986
GRANDORDER: ARMATOSAURIA ZHAO, 1983 (emend)
ORDER: ANKYLOSAURIA OSBORN, 1923
Genus: Nova
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
NEAR THE BASE OF FALAISE DE TIGUIDI
TIOURAREN FORMATION
TEGAMA GROUP
APTIAN-ALBIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
Family: CAMARASAURIDAE Cope, 1877
Subfamily: CAMARASAURINAE Cope, 1877 (sensu Nopcsa, 1928)
Jobaria tiguidensis
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AFRICA
NIGER
140 KM SE OF AGADEZ
ELRHAZ FORMATION
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
UPPER EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875
Family: ELOSUCHIDAE Broin, 2002
*Stolokrosuchus lapparenti
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
S D’ALRAR
ELRHAZ OR ECHKAR FORMATION
LATE APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
Incertae sedis
non *Elaphrosaurus? iguidiensis
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
4 KM S OF INNOCENTS
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
MAGNORDER: ORNITHISCHIA SEELEY, 1888
SUPERORDER: NEORNITHISCHIA COOPER, 1985
GRANDORDER: ORNITHOPODA MARSH, 1871
MICRORDER: EUORNITHOPODA SERENO, 1986
ORDER: IGUANODONTIA DOLLO, 1888
SUBORDER: ANKYLOPOLLEXIA SERENO, 1986
INFRAORDER: STYRACOSTERNA SERENO, 1986
PARVORDER: HADROSAURIFORMES SERENO, 1997
Superfamily: OURANOSAURIDEA Nova
Family: OURANOSAURIDAE nova
Ouranosaurus nigeriensi
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EAST AFRICA
NIGER
EAST OF INNOCENTS
APTIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
INFRAORDER: HOMALOSAUROPIA JANENSCH, 1929
PARVORDER: DIPLODOCIMORPHA CALVO & SALGADO, 1995
Superfamily: DIPLODOCOIDEA Upchurch, 1995
Family: DIPLODOCIDAE Marsh, 1884
Subfamily: NEMEGTOSAURINAE Upchurch, 1995
Gen. sp indet.
Note: Similiar to Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis
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