CDUE locality 11, Argana Basin: Early/Lower Triassic, Morocco
collected by S. Voigt, J. Schneider 2008–2009
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| CDUE 68C-69C | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Synaptichnium sp.
Nopcsa 1923
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| CDUE 67C; referred to as "Protochirotherium-Synaptichnium" | ||||||||||
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Protochirotherium sp.
Fichter and Kunz 2004
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| CDUE 67C; referred to as "Protochirotherium-Synaptichnium" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Marrakech-Safi |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 9.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.4° North, 2.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Argana | Formation: | Timezgadiouine | Member: | Tanamert |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: T3 level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "braided rivers" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),peel or thin section,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S. Voigt, J. Schneider | Collection dates: | 2008–2009 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 199897 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-19 11:10:47 | Last modified: | 2021-05-04 13:34:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-19 11:10:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67977. | H. Klein, S. Voigt, A. Hminna, H. Saber, J. Scnheider and D. Hmich. 2010. Early Triassic archosaur-dominated footprint assemblage from the Argana Basin (western High Atlas, Morocco). Ichnos 17:1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |