Also known as Argana Basin

Where: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco (30.8° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tourbihine Member (Ikakern Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Data taken from Jalil and Janvier (2005). Tourbihine Member of Ikakern Formation corresponds to Level T2 of Argana Formation in Dutuit (1976).

•Tourbihine mbr. is Uppermost Capitanian to Lower Wuchiapingian according to Roscher & Schneider (2006, fig. 15 b). Because the fossil comes from the upper levels of the Tourbihine mbr. (Jalil and Janvier, 2005 fig. 2A), the collection is classified here as Wuchiapingian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.-M. Dutuit in 1969; reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: J.-M. Dutuit. 1976. Il est probable que les Rhynchocéphales sont représentés dans la faune du Trias marocain. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série D 283:483-486 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79588: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Jana Dummasch on 14.03.2008

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