Jbel Sgat, Ighrem Sgat (Cretaceous to of Morocco)

Also known as Taguelft, Ighrem-Sgat, Isseksi

Where: Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco (32.2° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kem Kem Group, Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)

• orig. "Continental Intercalaire"; 110-120 m below lower basalt level

•See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy conglomerate and brown, gray, red, yellow marl

• "banks of sandy pelites with intercalations of red-brown, beige, and gray marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Monbaron in 1978

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Monbaron. 1978. Nouveaux ossements de Dinosauriens de grande taille dans le bassin jurassico-crétacé de Taguelft (Atlas de Beni-Mellal, Maroc). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 287:1277-1279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45943: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.12.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurus garasbae Lavocat 1954 sauropod
humerus; "provisionally attributed"