Identification of Theropod Teeth from Niger
REVISED 4/8/23
Before I discuss the identification of teeth from the Republic of Niger I would like to raise the red flag on material from this region. A late 2022 publication ( Yohan POCHAT-COTTILLOUX et al.), Microvertebrate fauna from Gadoufaoua, highlighted a concern I was not previously aware of. The deposits in this area are adjacent to each other as these illustrations show. This why the deposits are probably more appropriately identified as the Tegama and Irhazer Group. A res
I would highly suggest you also add information from:
New theropod remains from the Tiourarén Formation (?Middle Jurassic, Niger) and their bearing on the dental evolution in basal tetanurans
Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro ; Ortega, Francisco ; Sciscio, Lara ; Tent-Manclús, José Enrique ; Fierro Bandera, Ignacio ; Knoll, Fabien
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, February 2015, Vol.126(1), pp.107-118
It has some of the most up to date information on theropod teeth fr
