Goulmima: Early Turonian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Osmeroididae
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Osmeroides rheris n. sp.
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Ichthyodectes bardacki n. sp.
Cavin 1997
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Actinopteri
- Araripchthyiformes
- Araripichthyidae
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Araripichthys corythophorus n. sp.
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Meknès - Tafilalt |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 5.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.1° North, 4.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 1500 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.9 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,fine,white lithified argillaceous,calcareous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,recrystallized,original aragonite,original phosphate,replaced with dolomite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),chemical,acetic,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Asfla | ||
| Database number: | 51686 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Cavin | Enterer: | L. Cavin |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-10 08:06:46 | Last modified: | 2021-07-30 22:31:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-10 08:06:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13760. | L. Cavin. 1995. Goulmimichthys arambourgi n. g., n. sp., un Pachyrhizodontidae (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) d'une nouvelle localité à nodules fossilifères du Turonien inférieur marocain [Goulmimichthys arambourgi n. g., n. sp., a Pachyrhizodontidae (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from a new Early Turonian fossiliferous nodules locality from Morocco]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, serie IIa 321:1049-1054 [L. Cavin/L. Cavin/L. Cavin] |
Secondary references:
| 13769 | L. Cavin. 1997. Nouveaux teleostei du gisement du Turonien inférieur de Goulmima (Maroc)[New Teleostei from the Eraly Turonian locality of Goulmima (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 325:719-724 [L. Cavin/L. Cavin/L. Cavin] |