Ourika Valley tracksites (general) (Triassic of Morocco)

Where: Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco (31.3° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 2.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oukaïmeden Sandstone Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by J.-M. Dutuit in 1962

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. E. Biron and J.-M. Dutuit. 1981. Figurations sédimentaires et traces d'activité au sol dans le Trias de la formation d'Argana et de l'Ourika (Maroc) [Sedimentary patterns and soil activity traces in the Triassic of the Argana and Ourika formations (Morocco)]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e série, section C 3(4):399-427 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219917: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
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Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Eureptilia - Captorhinidae
Hyloidichnus triasicus n. sp. Biron and Dutuit 1981 eureptile
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Apatopus lineatus Bock 1952 archosaur
 Phytosauria -
Rectilinetopus ourikensis n. gen. n. sp. Biron and Dutuit 1981 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia -
Prochirotherium triasicum n. sp. Biron and Dutuit 1981 archosaur
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Pseudochirotherium oukaimedensis n. gen. n. sp. Biron and Dutuit 1981 archosaur
 Theropoda -
? Coelurosauria indet. coelurosaur
"recalls Satapliasaurus kandelakii, which Haubold attributes to a coelurosaurian"
Osteichthyes
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Enigmatopus atlensis n. gen. n. sp.
Enigmatopus atlensis n. gen. n. sp. Biron and Dutuit 1981 amniote