near Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin (Paleocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 7.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Danian based on shark's teeth in matrix

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

• Donated to AMNH by H. Galiano, 1995

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130119: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
AMNH 29984, nearly complete skull