Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche III Member (Phosphates Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. R. H. LeBlanc, M. W. Caldwell, and N. Bardet. 2012. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):82-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123268: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 17.01.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Carrano and Nicholas Kahane
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Russellosaurinae indet." = Russellosaurina1, Gavialimimus almaghribensis n. gen. n. sp.4, Platecarpus ptychodon n. sp.1, Eremiasaurus heterodontus n. gen. n. sp., Mosasaurus cf. anceps1, Mosasaurus sp.1, Mosasaurus beaugei n. sp.1, "Globidens aegyptiacus" = Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus1, Globidens simplex n. sp.2, Globidens phosphaticus1, Halisaurus arambourgi3
Gavialimimus almaghribensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Strong et al. 2020 mosasaur MHNM.KHG.1231 (holotype), an articulated skull isolated left and right dentaries, articulated right posterior mandibular unit, isolated pterygoids, a partial right quadrate and four isolated vertebrae and the right humerus
Platecarpus ptychodon n. sp.1 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MNHN PMC 30 tooth and holotype; MNHN PMC 31 to 34 (teeth)
Eremiasaurus heterodontus n. gen. n. sp. LeBlanc et al. 2012 mosasaur UALVP 51744 - syntype (skull, vertebral cand phalangeal elementsolumn, isolated ribs, left scapula, coracoid and humerus, left and right ischia and ilia, femur, tibia, fibula, and isolated tarsal, metatarsal,)
Mosasaurus beaugei n. sp.1 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MNHN PMC 7, tooth (holotype); MNHN PMC 8 and 9 (teeth); MNHN PMC 10 to 13 (teeth)
"Globidens aegyptiacus" = Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus1 Zdansky 1935 mosasaur MNHN PMC 29, a small tooth
Globidens simplex n. sp.2 LeBlanc et al. 2019 mosasaur MHNM.KHG.221 - holotype (partial skeleton, partial skull, associated teeth; unconfirmed provenance)
Halisaurus arambourgi3 Bardet et al. 2005 mosasaur WDC-CPM-100, partial skeleton, NHMM-LV-2005-1A, incomplete skull
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