Aferdou N'Chaft: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
collected by N. Ibrahim et al. 2008

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Norisophis begaa n. gen., n. sp. Klein et al. 2017
Klein et al. 2017 3 specimens
FSAC-KK 7001 (holotype), posterior trunk vertebra with all zygapophyses preserved; FSAC-KK 7004 and FSAC-KK 7005, two mid-trunk vertebrae
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet. (Nessov 1984)
1 specimen
FSAC-KK 34, partial cervical vertebra
Alanqa saharica n. gen., n. sp. Ibrahim et al. 2010
2 specimens
FSAC-KK 26 (holotype), mandibular symphysis. FSAC-KK 27, partial rostrum
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Xericeps curvirostris n. gen., n. sp. Martill et al. 2018
Martill et al. 2018 1 specimen
FSAC-KK 10700 (holotype), dentary
Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurus sp. Stromer 1915
Ibrahim et al. 2014 1 specimen
FSAC-KK 11889, ulna
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:stated in text
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
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:fine,red or brown sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "reddish brown layer of fine, loosely adhesive sandstone"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
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
Also known as:Hassi El Begaa
Database number:96223
Authorizer:R. Butler, P. Barrett, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:R. Butler, T. Cleary, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-05-27 01:27:21 Last modified:2022-08-22 21:07:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-27 01:27:21
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]

Secondary references:

70593 N. Ibrahim, P. C. Sereno, C. Dal Sasso, S. Maganuco, M. Fabbri, D. M. Martill, S. Zouhri, N. Myhrvold, and D. A. Iurino. 2014. Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur. Science 345(6204):1613-1616 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/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]
61336 C. G. Klein, N. R. Longrich, N. Ibrahim, S. Zouhri, and D. M. Martill. 2017. A new basal snake from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 72:134-141 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/P. Mannion]
64004 D. M. Martill, D. M. Unwin, N. Ibrahim and N. Longrich. 2018. A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 84:1-12 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]