Tizi n'Juillerh: Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian, Morocco
collected 1939-1940
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Teleosauridae
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Megalosaurus mersensis n. sp.
Lapparent 1955
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Lapparent 1955 | 1 individual | |||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Teleosauridae | |||||||
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Boulemane |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 4.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.4° North, 2.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | El Mers | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,red sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: red and green clays topped with sandy or calcareous banks | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: littoral marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1939-1940 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | El Mers 5 | ||
| Database number: | 45962 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-16 10:47:35 | Last modified: | 2016-05-10 09:37:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-16 10:47:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13647. | ETE | H. Termier, J. Gubler, and A. F. Lapparent. 1940. Reptiles et Poissons du Bathonien d'El-Mers (Moyen-Atlas marocain) [Reptiles and fishes from the Bathonian of El Mers (Moroccan Middle Atlas)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 210:768-770 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 30597 | ETE | E. Ennouchi. 1952. A propos des empreintes de Dinosauriens de Demnat (est de Marrakech) [Regarding the dinosaur prints from Demnat (east of Marrakech)]. Bulletin de la Sociéte des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 32:11-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 59099 | R. Furon. 1963. Geology of Africa. xii-377 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12258 | ETE | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1955. Étude paléontologique des vertébrés du Jurassique d'El Mers (Moyen Atlas) [Paleontological study of the Jurassic veretebrates from El Mers (Middle Atlas)]. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124:1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 16705 | ETE | C. A. Meyer and B. Thüring. 2005. Mind the “Middle Jurassic” gap—bone versus track record in dinosaurs. 3rd Geoscience Meeting, Zurich [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 52014 | M. Monbaron. 1979. Nouvelles recherches sur les gisements de Dinosauriens du synclinal de Taguelft (Atlas de Beni-Mellal): discussion sur leur position stratigraphique [New research on the dinosaur localities of the Taguelft syncline (Beni-Mellal Atlas): discussion on their stratigraphic position]. Mines, Géologie et Energie 46:57-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |