Also known as couche 2b, Sidi Chenane
Where: Morocco (32.7° N, 6.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 7.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: IIb Member (Couche II Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Local collectors; CNRS; MNHN, OCP and MEM
Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210053: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.05.2020, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Atlantosuchus coupatezi1 Buffetaut and Wouters 1979 crocodilian OCP DEK-GE 51 (a nearly complete skull, only visible in dorsal view, and several isolated skull fragments found in association)
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Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952 hound shark
Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952 hound shark | |
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Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark | |
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Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray | |