Sidi Daoui, 1.5 km south of point A (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Khouribga, Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Couche III Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• informal name for bed used by miners in region; fossils from upper part of this unit

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, brown, yellow phosphorite and marl

• "The lower Couche III is composed of a basal grey limestone rich in fish remains and yellow, soft, exploited phosphates; the upper Couche III is composed of grey (with brown stripes), soft, exploited phosphates and marls; these two units are separated by a thin yellow marly level"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: X. Pereda Suberbiola, N. Bardet, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya, and M. Amaghzaz. 2004. The first record of a sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences 40:81-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45553: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauriformes indet.
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod