Where: Morocco (32.2° N, 7.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 8.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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. 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 214832: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
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Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952 hound shark
Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952 hound shark | |
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Foumtizia gadaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark | |
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Danogaleus gueriri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 requiem shark | |
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Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray | |