Also known as Phosphatodraco holotype site
Where: Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 7.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche III Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Dated on the basis of selachian teeth. Informal name for unit used by local miners; specimens collected from the upper part of this unit.
Environment/lithology: marine; gray phosphorite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Office Cherifien de Phosphates in 2000
Primary reference: X. Pereda Suberbiola, N. Bardet, S. Jouve, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2003. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. In E. Buffetaut, J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:79-90 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92203: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.11.2009
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Taxonomic list
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Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur Partial skeleton comprising jaw fragments and articulated caudals
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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus n. gen. n. sp.
Phosphatodraco mauritanicus n. gen. n. sp. Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2003 pterosaur OCP DEK/GE 111 (holotype), five cervical vertebrae
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