Jebel al Qabla: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnomorpha
- Neoceratodontidae
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Neoceratodus africanus
(Haug 1905)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
M-JQ-020 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
M-JQ-017 to 019 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
M-JQ-040A-C | ||||||||||
= Crocodylomorpha indet.
Hay 1930
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Hassler et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
M-JQ-008 to 010 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Spinosauridae
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Spinosaurus sp.
Stromer 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
M-JQ-038 to 040 | ||||||||||
= Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
Stromer 1915
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Hassler et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anhangueridae
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Anhangueridae indet.
Campos and Kellner 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
M-JQ-001bis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Gigantodontidae
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Stromerichthys sp.
Weiler 1935
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3 specimens | |||||||||
M-JQ-036A-C | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Drâa-Tafilalet | County: | Errachidia |
Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 4.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 3.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 163918 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-11-19 17:07:32 | Last modified: | 2022-08-25 10:47:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-19 17:07:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53517. | R. Amiot, X. Wang, C. Lécuyer, E. Buffetaut, L. Boudad, L. Cavin, Z. Ding, F. Fluteau, A. W. A. Kellner, H. Tong, and F. Zhang. 2010. Oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of middle Cretaceous vertebrates from North Africa and Brazil: Ecological and environmental significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297(2):439-451 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
65489 | A. Hassler, J. E. Martin, R. Amiot, T. Tacail, F. Arnaud Godet, R. Allain, and V. Balter. 2018. Calcium isotopes offer clues on resource partitioning among Cretaceous predatory dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(876):20180197:1-8 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |