Gada el Botma, sillon X (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.2° N, 7.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 8.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Montpellier II

Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1994. Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphi) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc. Palaeovertebrata 23:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214831: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ganntouria variabilis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma botmaense n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus dahmanii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus microdon Arambourg 1952 stingray
 Myliobatiformes -
Ixobatis mucronata Arambourg 1952 stingray
Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952 stingray
Coupatezia elevata Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray