Where: Western High Atlas, Morocco (31.2° N, 7.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.9° N, 10.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tadhart Formation, Aptian (121.4 - 113.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lime mudstone

Primary reference: J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2070: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999

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