Oued Zem theropod tooth (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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

• The specimen was obtained from a local dealer so few details are known about its provenance. The hollow root of the tooth contains a yellowish-brown sandy phosphate.

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Chenanisaurus barbaricus Longrich et al. 2017 ceratosaur
WDC-CCPM-005, tooth