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Dukamaje Formation

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Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604-605.
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R. T. J. Moody and P. J. C. Suttcliffe. 1991. The Cretaceous deposits of the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger, central West Africa. Cretaceous Research 12:137-157
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Large mosasaur of uncertain affiliations. High number of foramina on the snout and small eyes indicate a murky-water hunter.
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Represented here by four vertebrae, one from a juvenile. Fragmentary state makes identification difficult.
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Geographically present on Mt. Igdaman. From the portion of the Dukamaje Formation located in Niger.
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Massive mosasaurine mosasaur. Represented here by a fragmentary tooth crown. The first example of
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Mid-sized globidensine mosasaur. Originally described as a plioplatecarpine. Durophagous.
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Mid-sized plioplatecarpine mosasaur. Represented here by a single fragmentary vertebrae.
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Type locality unknown. From the portion of the Dukamaje Formation located in Nigeria.
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Lingham-Soliar, Theagarten (1991). "Mosasaurs from the upper Cretaceous of Niger".
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Geographically present on Mt. Igdaman, near the village of Igdaman (or In Daman).
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Mid-sized plioplatecarpine mosasaur. Represented here by several vertebrae.
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Mid-sized mosasaur. Represented here by four vertebrae.
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Geographically present in Département De Tahoua, Niger.
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Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Maastrichtian
Geological formation
Mudstone
shale
Siltstone
marl
gypsum
Coordinates
15°24′N 5°48′E / 15.4°N 5.8°E / 15.4; 5.8
Approximate paleocoordinates
5°06′N 0°36′E / 5.1°N 0.6°E / 5.1; 0.6
Tahoua
Sokoto
Niger
Nigeria
Iullemmeden Basin
Dukamaje Formation is located in Niger
formation
Niger
Nigeria
Late Cretaceous
Dinosaurs
Bahariasaurus
Mosasaurs
Igdamanosaurus

Goronyosaurus
Goronyosaurus
Angolasaurus

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