Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 9.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: B12 Member, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• B12 level, Maastrichtian
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: E. W. A. Mulder, N. Bardet, P. Godefroit and J. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Elasmosaur remains from the Maastrichtian type area, and a review of latest Cretaceous elasmosaurs (Reptilia, Plesiosauroidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 70:161-178 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143257: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 22.04.2013
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Plesiosaurus mauritanicus n. sp.
Plesiosaurus mauritanicus n. sp. Arambourg 1952 elasmosaur |