Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 8.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Couche 0 (or level C0)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, phosphatic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: University of Montpellier 2
Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116900: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Heterotorpedo lyazidii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray | |
Gymnuridae indet. Fowler 1934 stingray | |
Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray | |
Triakis tanoutensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952 hound shark
Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952 hound shark | |
Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus, Foumtizia gadaensis n. sp., Foumtizia abdouni, Porodermoides aff. spanios
Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Foumtizia gadaensis n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Foumtizia abdouni Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Porodermoides aff. spanios Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark | |
Danogaleus gueriri n. gen. n. sp.
Danogaleus gueriri n. gen. n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 requiem shark | |
Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark |