Gadoufaoua
Gadoufaoua (also Gadoufawa ) is a region in Niger . It is located in the rural municipality of Aderbissinat in the south of the Aïr Mountains on a third of the route through the Ténéré to the Termit massif .
Dinosaur cemetery
Gadoufaoua is known for the widely scattered dinosaur bones that can be found in this area. The whole region is also called the "dinosaur cemetery". In addition, there are petrified trees and other prehistoric remains. A completely preserved dinosaur skeleton is in the Nigerien National Museum in Niamey .
The site was discovered in 1958 while searching for uranium . At the end of the 1960s, the French paleontologist Philippe Taquet began several expeditions in Gadoufaoua. In 1976 he described the newly discovered dinosaur species Ouranosaurus nigeriensis . The American paleontologist Paul Sereno , who had previously carried out research in Ingall , began exploring Gadoufaoua in 1997. His team presented the first description of the dinosaur species Suchomimus tenerensis in 1998 and that of the dinosaur species Nigersaurus taqueti in 1999 .
Visiting this scientifically significant region is subject to strict supervision.
See also
literature
- Maximilien Bruggmann, Hans Ritter: Ténéré (Through the southern Sahara) . Verlag CJ Bucher, ISBN 3-7658-1078-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Niger . Petit Futé, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 183 .
Coordinates: 16 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E