PBDB Collection

Ben Guerir, couche 0 (Paleocene of Morocco)

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

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae	Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae	Danogaleus gueriri n. gen. n. sp. Danogaleus gueriri n. gen. n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 requiem shark
Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae	Foumtizia gadaensis n. sp., Foumtizia abdouni, Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Porodermoides aff. spanios Foumtizia gadaensis n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Foumtizia abdouni Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Porodermoides aff. spanios Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae	Palaeogaleus brivesi, Palaeogaleus prior, Triakis tanoutensis Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952 hound shark Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952 hound shark Triakis tanoutensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae	Gymnuridae indet. Gymnuridae indet. Fowler 1934 stingray
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis hexagonalis, Dasyatis tetraedra Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Myliobatiformes -	Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis, Heterotorpedo lyazidii Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray Heterotorpedo lyazidii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray