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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark | |
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 ground shark | |
Stenoscyllium priemi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark | |
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983 stingray | |
Burnhamia "sp. 3" Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray |