Amadel N'Ghioul (ANG), level B: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
collected by L. Cavin et al. 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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13 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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57 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Archosauria indet.
(Cope 1869)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
crocs + pterosaurs | ||||||||||
Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Spinosauridae
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Spinosauridae indet.
Stromer 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Drâa-Tafilalet | County: | Errachidia |
Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 4.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 4.3° 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: | 99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Kem Kem | Formation: | Ifezouane |
Local section: | Amadel N'Ghoul | Local bed: | B |
Local order: | top to bottom | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | L. Cavin et al. | Collection dates: | 2012 |
Metadata
Database number: | 163923 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-11-19 17:25:35 | Last modified: | 2022-08-25 10:48:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-19 17:25:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53520. | E. Läng, L. Boudad, L. Maio, E. Samankassou, J. Tabouelle, H. Tong, and L. Cavin. 2013. Unbalanced food web in a Late Cretaceous dinosaur assemblage. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 381–382:26-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |