Lapparent did much of his prospecting alone or with an assistant and often prospected on camelback. There were no paved roads anywhere in the desert. In preliminary surveys of the desert, he found and described isolated dinosaur bones and giant crocodile teeth. Paul split the team. Eric, Greg and Rudd stayed in Niamey to pursue the cargo while the rest of the team headed north to Agadez to set up camp using leftover supplies from the 1997 Expedition.
Successful expeditions are about being able to adapt to adverse situations.
Despite the fact that we did not receive our gear until a few days ago, we are ten days into the field season. Ouranosaurus Twenty years later Lapparent returned to the area, joined by a young colleague, Philippe Taquet. Lapparent and Taquet found evidence of other dinosaurs, including large hand-claws and jaw fragments from predatory dinosaurs, but not enough to understand what these dinosaurs looked like. Even their preliminary work suggested a rich fauna. In addition to dinosaurs they found other reptiles, including the skull of a huge crocodile, which they named Sarcosuchus, and three turtle species.