Also known as Sidi Chenane
Where: Morocco (32.7° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 4.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche I Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by CNRS/MNHN, OCP MEM
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 158991: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.07.2014, edited by Mark Uhen and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens Arambourg 1952 cat shark | |
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark | |
Palaeorhincodon dartevellei Arambourg 1952 carpet shark | |
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma maroccanum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983 stingray | |
Burnhamia "sp. 2" Cappetta 1976 eagle ray | |
Reptilia | |
Maroccosuchus zennaroi2 Jonet and Wouters 1977 crocodilian OCP DEK-GE 302 (a silicified skull available only in dorsal view)
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Mammalia | |
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