Boumerade, Lake Maider: Early Cenomanian, Morocco
collected by N. Ibrahim et al. 2008
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Azhdarchidae
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Alanqa saharica
Ibrahim et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FSAC-KK 31, partial mandibular symphysis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Pteranodontidae
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? Pteranodontidae indet.
(Marsh 1876)
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| Undescribed specimens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Anhangueridae
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Coloborhynchus moroccensis
(Mader and Kellner 1999)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FSAC, undescribed jaw fragment | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Drâa-Tafilalet | County: | Errachidia |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° North, 4.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 4.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Kem Kem | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils were collected from an "approximately 2m thick horizon"; age of the Kem Kem is poorly constrained, but a Cenomanian age is supported by vertebrate biostratigraphy
See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | N. Ibrahim et al. | Collection dates: | 2008 |
| Collection method comments: FSAC: Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Universite Hassan II, Casablanca | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 96222 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-05-27 01:21:43 | Last modified: | 2022-08-22 20:28:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-27 01:21:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32662. | N. Ibrahim, D. M. Unwin, D. M. Martill, L. Baidder, and S. Zouhri. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azharchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS One 5(5):e10875 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |