Gada el Botma, couche 0: Danian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 7.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° North, 0.5° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 61.66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,brown phosphorite |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: University of Montpellier II | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 214372 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-26 21:59:06 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-26 21:59:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73910. | A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1995. Batoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Neoselachii: Rajiformes, Myliobatiformes) des phosphates maastrichtiens et paléocènes du Maroc. Belgian Geological Survey Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278:157-183 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 73972 | A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |