Where: Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco (30.5° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 4.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Akrabou Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the University "Gabriele d’Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara
Primary reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2021. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii gen. and sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish genus (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Geo-Eco-Trop 45:487-495 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 229373: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii n. gen. n. sp.
Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii n. gen. n. sp. Taverne and Capasso 2021 University of Chieti Museum 19591
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