Where: Khouribga, Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche III Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• "layer 3" ("Couche 3") of the phosphate succession
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown, yellow, sandy phosphorite
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: purchased from a local fossil dealer
Primary reference: E. Buffetaut, F. EscuilliƩ, and B. Pohl. 2005. First theropod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Current Research in Vertebrate Palaeontolgy. 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP). Kaupia 14:3-8 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 54004: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 21.09.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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