Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian: Ypresian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Dasornis tolapica
Bourdon et al. 2010
Dasornis emuinus (Bowerbank 1854)
Bourdon et al. 2010
Reptilia - Testudines
Argillochelys africana n. sp. Tong and Hirayama 2008
Tong and Hirayama 2008 2 specimens
purchased specimen; exact locality unclear
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Puppigerus camperi (Gray 1831)
Tong et al. 2012
MAE 2005.1.1 a nearly complete skull
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Narcinidae
Narcine sp. Henle 1834
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Lophobatis phosphaticus n. gen., n. sp. Cappetta 1986
Cappetta 1986
Myliobatis monnieri n. sp. Cappetta 1986
Cappetta 1986
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 5.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.3° North, 7.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: upper Ypresian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Database number:91363
Authorizer:M. Uhen, D. Nicholson Enterer:M. Uhen, D. Nicholson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-16 11:25:42 Last modified:2016-01-06 14:52:11
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-16 11:25:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30740. H. Cappetta. 1988. Les Torpediniformes (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) des phosphates du Maroc; observations sur la denture des genres actuels. The Torpedini. Tertiary Research 10(1):21-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

40151 E. Bourdon, M. Amaghzaz, and B. Bouya. 2010. Pseudotoothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the early Tertiary of Morocco. American Museum Novitates 3704:1-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72289 H. Cappetta. 1986. Myliobatide nouveaux (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) de l'Ypreésian des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Geologica et Palaeontologica 20:185-207 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57550 H. Tong and R. Hirayama. 2008. A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. Bulletin of the Geological Society of France 179(6):623-630 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
54190 H. Tong, R. Hirayama, and J. Tabouelle. 2012. Puppigerus camperi (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ypresian (Early Eocene) of Ouled Abdoun basin, Morocco. 183(6):635-640 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]