Also known as Phosphates Ypresiens
Where: Oued Zem, Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 8.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Locality preserves sediments from latest Maastrichtian (Couche III), Palaeocene (Couche II and IIb) and Eocene (Couche 1, Couche 0, Sillon A, Sillon B)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: salvage,
Primary reference: S. Jonet and G. Wouters. 1972. Presence d'un Crocodilien nouveau dans les phosphates Ypresiens du Maroc (note preliminaire). [A new crocodile from the Ypresian phosphates of Morocco; preliminary note.]. Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie, de Paleontologie et d'Hydrologie, Brussels. 81(3-4):209-210 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35132: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 14.11.2003, edited by Mark Uhen, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Phaethusavis pelagicus n. gen. n. sp.1
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Maroccosuchus zennaroi n. gen. n. sp.6
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Phosphatochelys tedfordi n. gen. n. sp.3 Gaffney and Tong 2003 sideneck turtle AMNH 30008 - holotype (complete skull without lower jaws); originally stated as coming from Thanetian deposits (Gaffney and Tong 2003); MDEt 26, a nearly complete skull reported by Gaffney et al. (2006, p. 103)
Ummulisani rutgersensis4 Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle AMNH 30569, skull : Ypresian (based on shark teeth; Cappetta, personal commun.), phosphates, Oued Zem, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
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Archaeomanta priemi n. sp.5
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