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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
An Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage from the Cabao formation of NW Libya
Geological Magazine, Volume 147, No. 5, Year 2010
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Description
Fossil vertebrates from the Cabao Formation discovered in the area of Nalut in northwestern Libya include the hybodont shark Priohybodus, the crocodilian Sarcosuchus, an abelisaurid, a baryonichine spinosaurid and a large sauropod with spatulate teeth. The Cabao Formation may be Hauterivian to Barremian in age, although an earlier Berriasian to Valanginian age cannot be excluded. Its dinosaur assemblage is reminiscent of that of the El Rhaz and Tiouraren formations of Niger and strongly differs from both the Cenomanian assemblages of Morocco and Egypt and the Late Aptian to Albian fauna of Tunisia. Fossil vertebrates may be an important tool to establish the stratigraphical framework of the poorly dated Early Cretaceous continental deposits of Africa. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Le Lœuff, Jean
France, Esperaza
Museé Des Dinosaures
Metais, Eddy
France, Paris
Total S.a.
Dutheil, Didier B.
Unknown Affiliation
Rubino, Jean Loup
France, Pau
Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Féger
Buffetaut, Eric
France, Paris
École Normale Supérieure
Lafont, Franois
France, Pau
Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Féger
Cavin, Lionel
Switzerland, Geneva
Natural History Museum of Geneva
Moreau, Fabrice
Unknown Affiliation
Tong, Haiyan
Unknown Affiliation
Blanpied, Christian
France, Paris
Total S.a.
Sbeta, Ali
Libya, Tripoli
University of Tripoli
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0016756810000178
ISSN:
00167568
e-ISSN:
14695081
Study Locations
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia