Dakoro, Maradi, Niger i
Regional Level Types
Dakoro Town
Maradi Region
Niger Country

Regional Level Types
Dakoro	Town
Maradi	Region
Niger	Country

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Neighbouring regions:

Tanout, Zinder, Niger

Mayahi, Maradi, Niger

Guidan-Roumdji, Maradi, Niger

Madaoua, Tahoua, Niger

Bouza, Tahoua, Niger

Kéita, Tahoua, Niger

Abalak, Tahoua, Niger

Tchirozerine, Agadez, Niger

Type:

Town

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Dakoro	19,798 (2013)

Mindat Locality ID:

408574

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:408574:7

GUID (UUID V4):

Other Languages:

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Arabic:

داكرو, منطقة مرادي, النيجر

English:

Dakoro Department

French:

Dakoro, Maradi, Niger

German:

Dakoro, Maradi, Niger

Italian:

Dipartimento di Dakoro, regione di Maradi, Niger

Russian:

Дакоро (департамент, Нигер), Маради, Нигер

Simplified Chinese:

達科羅省, 马拉迪大区, 尼日尔

Spanish:

Departamento de Dakoro, Región de Maradi, Níger

Cebuano:

Département de Dakoro, Maradi, Niger

Dutch:

Dakoro Department, Maradi, Niger

Hausa:

Dakoro (sashe), Yankin Maradi, Nijar

Japanese:

ダコロ県 (ニジェール), マラディ州, ニジェール

Romanian:

Departamentul Dakoro, Regiunea Maradi, Niger

Urdu:

داکورو محکمہ، نائجر, مارادی علاقہ, نائجر

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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)

Oldest Fossil Listed

101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Onchosaurus genus	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : *Onchosaurus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aegyptosuchus genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Stomatosuchidae : *Aegyptosuchus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus genus	Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : *Ceratodus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus humei species	Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : Ceratodus : *Ceratodus humei*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coelodus plethodon species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Pycnodontes : Coelodus : *Coelodus plethodon*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acrotemnus faba species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Acrotemnus : *Acrotemnus faba*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paralepidosteus africanus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : Paralepidosteus : *Paralepidosteus africanus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neoceratodus africanus species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontiformes : Neoceratodontidae : Neoceratodus : *Neoceratodus africanus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Enchodus lamberti species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Enchodontidae : Enchodus : *Enchodus lamberti*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cylindracanthus bisulcatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Cylindracanthus : *Cylindracanthus bisulcatus*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thomelites tenereensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Thomelites : *Thomelites tenereensis*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Fossil Localities

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Niger

Maradi
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Korahane
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Tanout

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakoro_Department,_Niger
Wikidata ID:	Q912576
GeoNames ID:	2446266

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Fossils

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Dakoro, Maradi, Niger i
Regional Level Types
Dakoro Town
Maradi Region
Niger Country