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