Bou Jniba- Khouribga (Eocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 8.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl and phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Arambourg. 1952. Les vertébrés fossiles des gisments de phosphates (Maroc- Algérie- Tunisie). Service Geologique du Maroc, Notes et Mémoires 92:1-372 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55250: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 03.10.2005, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis maghrebianus Arambourg 1952 snake
 Crocodylia -
Maroccosuchus zennaroi Jonet and Wouters 1977 crocodilian