Mrah Iaresh (Eocene of Morocco)

Also known as Merra El Arech

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 8.2° W)

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Upper Ypresian, Couche O

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 83313: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.08.2008, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Ummulisani rutgersensis n. gen. n. sp.
Ummulisani rutgersensis n. gen. n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
AMNH 30563, skull, lacking palate (figs. 206, 207), purchased from Adam Aaronson' AMNH 30562, skull and plastron from 'Paleogene phosphates'
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Dyrosaurus maghribensis n. sp.2 Jouve et al. 2006 crocodilian
OCP DEK-GE 255 (a nearly complete specimen, with skull, mandible, and postcranial material); Referred specimens: OCP DEK-GE 36, OCP DEK-GE 43, OCP DEK-GE 78, OCP DEK-GE 88, OCP DEK-GE 252, OCP DEK-GE 253, OCP DEK-GE 254, OCP DEK-GE 255, OCP DEK-GE 256, OCP DEK-GE 257, OCP DEK-GE 258, OCP DEK-GE 259, OCP DEK-GE 263, OCP DEK-GE 362, OCP DEK-GE 323, IRSNB R146, Rhin. Coll. phosphate 1 - not stated whether the referred specimens are from the same locality as type specimen
Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Dasornis emuinus1 Bowerbank 1854 bird