Sidi Chenane, sillon A (Eocene of Morocco)

Also known as Sidi Chennane

Where: Morocco (32.7° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 8.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Montpellier II

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 214846: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Stenoscyllium priemi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia "sp. 3" Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray