Aît Nafane: Maastrichtian, Mali

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus sp. Agassiz 1836
30 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Schizorhiza stromeri Weiler 1930
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Gynglymostoma rugosum (Dartevelle and Casier 1943)
2 specimens
synonym of Plicatoscyllium lehneri
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Coelodus plethodon Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
? Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901
vertebrae
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872
see common names

Geography
Country:Mali State/province:Kidal
Coordinates: 21.2° North, 0.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.8° North, 3.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Ait Nafare, Ait Nefan
Database number:206855
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-12-06 14:03:25 Last modified:2019-12-06 14:03:25
Access level:the public Released:2019-12-06 14:03:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71151. N. Tabaste. 1963. Étude derestes de poissons du Crétacé saharien [Study of fish remains from the Saharan Cretaceous]. Mélanges Ichthyologiques Dédiés à la Mémoire d’Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865). Mémoires de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire 68:437-485 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]