CDUE locality 38, Imi-Ntalaïnt: Carnian, Morocco
collected 2008–2011
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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14 specimens | |||||||||
| CDUE 241, 329–342 | ||||||||||
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Dinosauromorpha indet.
Benton 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CDUE 242 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Eubrontes sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CDUE 326 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Apatopus lineeatus
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| CDUE 322–324, 348 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotheriidae indet.
Abel 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CDUE 347 | ||||||||||
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Synaptichnium sp.
Nopcsa 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CDUE 328 | ||||||||||
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Parachirotherium cf. postchirotherioides
(Rehnelt 1950)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Chirotherium postchirotherioides | ||||||||||
| CDUE 325 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Scoyenia gracilis
White 1929
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| CDUE 352–357 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Marrakech-Safi |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 9.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.1° North, 3.5° 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: T5 level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,current ripples,fine,red,yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous,silty mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "1-5 cm thick, yellowish-red fine-grained sandstones separated by mm-thick drapes of silty to clayish mudstone. Current ripples and mudcracks point to deposits of a stream bed with recurrent subaerial exposure." | |
| Environment: | fine channel fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,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),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2008–2011 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Argana Basin | ||
| Database number: | 205518 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-15 09:37:28 | Last modified: | 2023-05-18 13:43:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-15 09:37:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70475. | A. Lagnaoui, H. Klein, S. Voigt, A. Hminna, H. Saber, J. W. Schneider, and R. Werneburg. 2012. Late Triassic tetrapod-dominated ichnoassemblages from the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco). Ichnos 19:238-253 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |