Sidi Daoui [middle Couche III] (general): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Simurghia robusta n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2018
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| FSAC-OB 7 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Barbaridactylus grandis n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2018
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| FSAC-OB 232 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 8-10 | ||||||||||
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Alcione elainus n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2018
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| FSAC-OB 2 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 4, 156 and 217 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Pteranodontidae
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Tethydraco regalis n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2018
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| FSAC-OB 1 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 199-202 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Azhdarchidae
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Azhdarchidae indet.
(Nessov 1984)
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| FSAC-OB 14; also listed as aff. Quetzalcoatlus, but this isn't supported by the authors' phylogenetic analysis | ||||||||||
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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus
Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2003
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| FSAC-OB 12 and 13 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Khouribga |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 6.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 7.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Couche III | Member: | Middle |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193774 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-05 04:51:59 | Last modified: | 2024-03-13 12:16:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-05 04:51:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65819. | N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and B. Andres. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |