In Beceten Formation
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The In Beceten Formation, also Beceten or Ibecten is a Coniacian to Santonian geologic formation in the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger. It has yielded a diverse fauna and some angiosperms.[1] Among others, it has yielded polypterifoms,[2] urodeles,[3] anurans,[4][5] and turtles.[6] Dinosaur remains are among the other fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[7] The lithology primarily consists of clays, fine limestones and sandy clays.[8][9]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[10]
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Erymnochelys madagascariensis
- Madtsoia aff. madagascariensis
- Trematochampsa taqueti
- Libycosuchus sp.
- Carnosauria indet.
- Goniopholididae indet.
- Lacertilia indet.
- Pelomedusidae indet.
- Serpentes indet.
- Titanosaurinae indet.
- Amphibians
- Flora
See also
- 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.
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- ↑ In Beceten at Fossilworks.org
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Bibliography
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Further reading
- 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