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Zarzaïtine - Lower Zarzaïtine - Lower Sandstone, Illizi Province, Algeria

Group	Zarzaïtine
Formation	Lower Zarzaïtine
Member	Lower Sandstone
Age:	237 - 201 Ma Mesozoic
Interval	Late Triassic
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	5
Number of Occurrences	13

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Maison Rouge cliff	Illizi Province, Algeria	Zarzaïtine - Lower Zarzaïtine - Lower Sandstone
Gour Laoud	Illizi Province, Algeria	Zarzaïtine - Lower Zarzaïtine - Lower Sandstone
Gour Laoud	Illizi Province, Algeria	Zarzaïtine - Lower Zarzaïtine - Lower Sandstone

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Hybodontiformes order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Dipnoi subclass	3.3	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Dipnoi	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Brachyopidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Brachyopidae	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Heylerosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Heylerosauridae	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Odenwaldia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : *Odenwaldia*	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Lonchorhynchinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trematosauridae : Gonioglyptus : Lonchorhynchinae	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Aetosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Aetosauria	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Archosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Archosauriformes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauriformes	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Jesairosaurus lehmani species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Jesairosaurus : *Jesairosaurus lehmani*	251.3 - 242 Ma Triassic
Phytosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Phytosauria	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Suchia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Suchia	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Paratypothoracisini unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Stagonolepididae : Paratypothoracisini	237 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic

References

Jalil N.-E. (1995) Étude morpologique et signification phylogénétique de la boîte crânienne d'un Archosauriforme (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) du Trias de la Série de Zarzaïtine (Algérie), Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, section C, 4e série 14, 281-289

Jalil N.-E. (1997) A new prolacertiform diapsid from the Triassic of North Africa and the interrelationships of the Prolacertiformes, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 3, 506-525

Jalil N.-E. (1999) Continental Permian and Triassic vertebrate localities from Algeria and Morocco and their stratigraphical correlations, Journal of African Earth Sciences 29 1, 219-226

Parker W. G. (2008) Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spuriensis (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus, PaleoBios 28, 1-40

Butler R. J. (2010) Taxonomic opinions on Archosauromorpha

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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