Tamguert n'Tarit: Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian, Morocco
collected by A. de Lapparent 1939–1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Lapparent 1955 | |||||||||
| "small oysters" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia tikechkachensis
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis n. sp.
Lapparent 1955
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Lapparent 1955 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Cetiosaurus | ||||||||||
| 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: same stratigraphic level as Megalosaurus mersensis type site = uppermost part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green marl |
| Secondary lithology: | green,red sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: red and green clays topped with sandy or calcareous banks; bones in "green marls" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: littoral marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. de Lapparent | Collection dates: | 1939–1941 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | El Mers 8, Tamgert N'Tarit | ||
| Database number: | 45964 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-16 10:54:55 | Last modified: | 2019-11-13 09:54:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-16 10:54:55 |
| 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:
| 13212 | ETE | J.-M. Dutuit and A. Ouazzou. 1980. Découverte d'une piste de Dinosaure sauropode sur le site d'empreintes de Demnat (Haut-Atlas marocain). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 139:95-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] | |
| 30613 | ETE | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1942. Dinosauriens du Maroc [Dinosaurs of Morocco]. Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société géologique de France 1942(5-6):38 [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] |
| 63571 | P. Taquet. 1984. I dinosauri d’Africa [The dinosaurs of Africa]. In G. M. Ronzoni, M. L. Greggio, & T. B. Guarinoni (eds.), Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri 75-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70903 | P. Taquet. 2010. The dinosaurs of Maghreb: the history of their discovery. Historical Biology 22(1–3):88-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |