Kem Kem region (GMNH collection): Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Galianemys emringeri
Gaffney et al. 2002
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Tong 2008 | |||||||||
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Galianemys whitei
Gaffney et al. 2002
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Tong 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Araripemydidae
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Araripemys sp.
Price 1973
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Tong 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Euraxemydidae
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Dirqadim schaefferi
Gaffney et al. 2006
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Tong 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Hamadachelys escuilliei
Tong and Buffetaut 1996
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Tong 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Somphospondyli indet.
Wilson and Sereno 1998
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| GMNH-PV 2399 (nearly complete, well-preserved anterior dorsal vertebra); GMNH-PV 2314 (partial right ischium) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Coordinates: | 30.9° North, 4.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.5° North, 3.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian |
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Kem Kem | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: GMNH | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 155306 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-04-07 05:57:51 | Last modified: | 2022-08-22 20:38:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-07 05:57:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50662. | M. C. Lamanna and Y. Hasegawa. 2014. New titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur material from the Cenomanian of Morocco: implications for paleoecology and sauropod diversity in the Late Cretaceous of North Africa. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 18:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 66481 | H. Tong. 2008. Les Tortues du Cenomanien continental des Kem Kem et leurs implications paleobiogeographiques. Deuxieme Rencontre sur la Vlaorization et la Preservation du Partimoine Paleontologique 69-70 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |