Taouz-Hammada du Guir [PROXY]: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
collected 1975

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus Stromer 1915
1 specimen
MSNM V4047
Reptilia
Elosuchus cherifiensis (Lavocat 1955)
Meunier and Larsson 2016
MNHN Escuille collection, E
Reptilia - Testudines
Galianemys whitei n. gen., n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2002
Gaffney et al. 2002 2 specimens
Holotype: AMNH 29987, nearly complete skull. Referred specimen: AMNH 29986, skull lacking left orbital region and palate
Galianemys emringeri n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2002
Gaffney et al. 2002
Holotype: AMNH 29985, a skull lacking most of the right triturating area, both cheeks, and the left otic chamber
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
? Onchopristis sp. Stromer 1917
1 specimen
vertebra
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Drâa-Tafilalet County:Errachidia
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 3.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° North, 3.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:736 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kem Kem
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red beds"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1975
Metadata
Also known as:near Al Taouz
Database number:60002
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-04-26 13:24:00 Last modified:2022-08-22 21:28:58
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-26 13:24:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16599.ETE C. Dal Sasso, S. Maganuco, E. Buffetaut and M. A. Mendez. 2005. New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus, with remarks on its size and affinities. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):888-896 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

41944 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2002. Galianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. American Museum Novitates 3379:1-20 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
27976 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
82457 N. Ibrahim, P. C. Sereno, D. J. Varricchio, D. M. Martill, D. B. Dutheil, D. M. Unwin, L. Baidder, H. C. E. Larsson, S. Zouhri and A. Kaoukaya. 2020. Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco. Zookeys 928:1-216 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
60254 L. M. V. Meunier and H. C. E. Larsson. 2016. Revision and phylogenetic affinities of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(1):169-200 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]