Anoual area syncline (Jurassic of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (35.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 0.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Jurassic (201.4 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
• Thick red series ("Couches rouges" of Du Dresnay"), fossils occur at top of marine episode intercalated with the red series.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Sigogneau-Russell, M. Monbaron, and D. E. Russell. 1988. Decouverte de mammiferes dans le Mesozoique moyen d'Afrique [Discovery of mammals in the middle Mesozoic of Africa]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie 2 307(8):1045-1050 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28846: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 25.02.2003
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| Mammalia | |
"Amphilestidae indet." = Amphilestidae
"Amphilestidae indet." = Amphilestidae Osborn 1888 mammal | |