Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian (Eocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.3° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 7.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• upper Ypresian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: H. Cappetta. 1988. Les Torpediniformes (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) des phosphates du Maroc; observations sur la denture des genres actuels. The Torpedini. Tertiary Research 10(1):21-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91363: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2009, edited by David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis monnieri n. sp.2 Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
Lophobatis phosphaticus n. gen. n. sp.2 Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
 Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp. Henle 1834 numbfish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Argillochelys africana n. sp.3 Tong and Hirayama 2008 turtle
purchased specimen; exact locality unclear
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Puppigerus camperi4 Gray 1831 sea turtle
MAE 2005.1.1 a nearly complete skull
Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Dasornis emuinus1 Bowerbank 1854 bird