MDE t29 Daoui zone a melange: Danian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Osteopygis emarginatus
Cope 1868
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= Euclastes wielandi
Hay 1908
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Parham 2005 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Ixobatis mucronata
(Arambourg 1952)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis cf. hexagonalis
Arambourg 1952
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Palaeogaleus sp.
Gurr 1963
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 5.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° North, 6.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mixed fauna containing late Maastrichtian and Danian elements | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: none given, but "matrix of the specimens" has a "phosphatic nature" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137839 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-22 01:39:18 | Last modified: | 2012-12-21 08:39:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-22 01:39:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44084. | R. Hirayama and H. Tong. 2003. Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. Palaeontology 46(5):845-856 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 41174 | J. F. Parham. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):71-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |