Also known as Ocepechelon bouyai type
Where: Khouribga, Morocco (32.7° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 7.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche III Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Base of the Upper Level III (ULIII)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Bardet, N.-E. Jalil, F. Lapparent Broin, D. Germain, O. Lambert and M. Amaghzaz. 2013. A giant chelonioid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a suction feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods. PLoS One 8(7):e63586 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147801: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ocepechelon bouyai n. gen. n. sp.
Ocepechelon bouyai n. gen. n. sp. Bardet et al. 2013 sea turtle OCP DEK/GE 516 - holotype (complete skull)
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