Sidi Chennane [Couche I] (general) (Eocene of Morocco)

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
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens Arambourg 1952 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon dartevellei Arambourg 1952 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma maroccanum Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia "sp. 2" Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Maroccosuchus zennaroi2 Jonet and Wouters 1977 crocodilian
OCP DEK-GE 302 (a silicified skull available only in dorsal view)
Mammalia
 Embrithopoda -
Stylolophus minor1 Gheerbrant et al. 2018 placental
MNHN.F PM30