An Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage from the Cabao Formation of NW Libya

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Titre
An Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage from the Cabao Formation of NW Libya
Date
2010
Dans
Geological Magazine
Résumé
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.
Sujet
Géologie -- Djebel Nefousa
Langue
eng
volume
147
numéro
5
pages
750-759
doi
10.1017/S0016756810000178
issn
1469-5081, 0016-7568

Le Loeuff, Jean et al., “An Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage from the Cabao Formation of NW Libya”, 2010, bibliographie, consulté le 19 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23787

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