Tagannt n'ait Salah tracksite: Maastrichtian, Morocco
collected by R. Ambroggi & A. Lapparent 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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? Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| lizard or pterosaur? type D | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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| elongate, tetradactyl; type B | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Megalosauridae indet.
(Fitzinger 1843)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954 | |||||||||
| type A | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954 | |||||||||
| type E | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Agadirichnidae
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cf. Palamopus sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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1 individual | |||||||||
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= Agadirichnus elegans n. gen., n. sp.
Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954
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Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 prints; type C | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Agadir |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 9.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 10.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tagragra |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tabular,fine,coarse,yellow calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "yellowish, fine-grained limestone"; ref 55215: "sandy limestone and yellowish sandstone in 0.02-0.20 m thick beds" "Ichnites are recorded on slabs coming from two facies. The first facies consists of thin slabs (from one to a few centimeters) of finely grained calcareous sandstone. The second facies consists of 20–50 cm layers of more coarsely grained calcareous sandstone." | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: prints made along beach during low-water period | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Ambroggi & A. Lapparent | Collection dates: | 1954 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Agadir | ||
| Database number: | 51420 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-03 12:37:01 | Last modified: | 2023-05-18 13:21:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-03 12:37:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13676. | ETE | R. Ambroggi and A. F. d.e. Lapparent. 1954. Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Reptiles dans le Maestrichtien d'Agadir (Maroc) [Discovery of reptile footprints in the Maastrichtian of Agadir (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France 3:51-52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 55215 | R. Ambroggi and A. F. d. Lapparent. 1954. Les empreintes de pas fossiles du Maestrichtien d'Agadir [The fossil footprints from the Maastrichtian of Agadir]. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124:44-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14199 | ETE | M. T. Carrano. 2025. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria. [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 41617 | M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62983 | O. Kuhn. 1958. Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles] 1-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 45858 | A. F. d. Lapparent. 1957. The Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa and India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 2:109-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 84732 | M. Masrour, M. de Ducia, J.-P. Billon-Bruyat and J.-M. Mazin. 2018. Rediscovery of the Tagragra tracksite (Maastrichtian, Agadir, Morocco): Agadirichnus elegans Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954 is pterosaurian ichnotaxon. Ichnos 25(4):285-294 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 84731 | M. Masrour, C. Pascual-Arribas, M. Ducia, N. Hernández-Medrano, and F. Pérez-Lorente. 2017. Anza palaeoichnological site. Late Cretaceous. Morocco. Part I. The first African pterosaur trackway (manus only). Journal of African Earth Sciences 134:766-775 [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] |