CDUE Locality 100: Carnian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CDUE 361 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Grallatoridae indet.
Lull 1904
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CDUE 361 (Atreipus-Grallator) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Parachirotherium sp.
Kuhn 1958
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| CDUE 363, 369 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotheriidae indet.
Abel 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CDUE 362 | ||||||||||
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Brachychirotherium sp.
Beurlen 1950
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| CDUE 360, 364 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Apatopus lineatus
(Bock 1952)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CDUE 367 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Marrakech-Safi |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 9.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.4° North, 5.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Argana | Formation: | Timezgadiouine | Member: | Irohalene |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Irohalene (T5)" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "Current ripples, mudcracks and diverse invertebrate traces point to deposits of a stream bed with recurrent subaerial exposure" (Lagnaoui et al. 2016) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195710 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill, M. Carrano | Enterer: | B. Allen, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2018-08-18 16:18:59 | Last modified: | 2023-05-18 13:41:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-18 16:18:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66613. | A. Lagnaoui, H. Klein, H. Saber, A. Fekkak, A. Belahmira and J. W. Schneider. 2016. New discoveries of archosaur and other tetrapod footprints from the Timezgadiouine Formation (Irohalene Member, Upper Triassic) of the Argana Basin, western High Atlas, Morocco – ichnotaxonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 453:1-9 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/M. Carrano] |