Agoult (University of Chieti collection) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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

Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii n. gen. n. sp. Taverne and Capasso 2021
University of Chieti Museum 19591