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Asiatoceratodus
''Asiatoceratodus'' is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Middle-Late Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods in what is now Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Africa (Ethiopia, Niger, Algeria, Morocco) and South America (Uruguay and Brazil). Species ''Asiatoceratodus sharovi'' Complete skeletons of ''Asiatoceratodus sharovi'' first described by Vorobyeva (1967) from the Middle-Late Triassic deposits of Fergana valley in Kyrgyzstan. This species is characterizes by toothed plates with 4 to 5 crests.M. G. Minich. 1977.Triassic Dipnoi of Eastern European part of USSR" (in Russian) Saratov University Publishing. Page 8. ''Asiaticeratodus tiguidiensis'' Another species originally was described from the Late Jurassic site of Algeria as ''Ceratodus tiguidiensis'' Later, ''C. tiguidiensis'' was assigned to ''Arganodus'' by M. Martin (1984) and reassigned by Kemp (1998) to the genus ''Asiatoceratodus''. Despite this, some authors uses ''Arganodus tiguidiensis'' in their articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elrhaz Formation
The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger, central Africa. Its strata date back to the Early Cretaceous, about 125 to 112 million years ago. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, alongside those of multiple species of crocodyliformes. Gadoufaoua Gadoufaoua (Tuareg for "the place where camels fear to go") is a site within the Elrhaz Formation (located at ) in the Tenere desert of Niger known for its extensive fossil graveyard. It is where remains of ''Sarcosuchus imperator'', popularly known as SuperCroc, were found (by Paul Sereno in 1997, for example), including vertebrae, limb bones, armor plates, jaws, and a nearly complete skull. Gadoufaoua is very hot and dry. However, it is supposed that millions of years ago, Gadoufaoua had trees, plants and wide rivers. The river covered the remains of dead animals, the fossilized remains of which were protected by the drying rivers over millions of years. Vertebrate p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
