Rhinopolis Collection, Phosphate 1 (Paleocene of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 7.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Jouve, M. Iarochene, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2006. New material of Argochampsa krebsi (Crocodylia: Gavialoidea) from the Lower Paleocene of the Oulad Abdoun Basin (Morocco): phylogenetic implications. Geobios 39:817-832 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114104: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.08.2011
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Reptilia | |
Argochampsa krebsi Hua and Jouve 2004 crocodilian Rhinopolis collections, Phosphates 1 (comprising an almost complete skull, without premaxillae, an anterior portion of a mandible, the axis, one cervical vertebra, the atlantal and axial ribs, one cervical rib, five vertebrae, the proximal heads of the right and left humeri, all this material being on the same block. The skull is dorsoventrally crushed, and only its dorsal part is accessible)
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Elasmobranchii | |
Elasmobranchii indet. elasmobranch |