Agoult (UALVP collection) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco (30.5° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 4.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Akrabou Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Palaeontology (UALVP)

Primary reference: A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson. 2009. A new Late Cretaceous macrosemiid fish (Neopterygii, Halecostomi) from Morocco, with temporal and geographical range extensions for the family. Palaeontology 52(2):429-440 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136753: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 04.12.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Agoultichthys chattertoni n. gen. n. sp. Murray and Wilson 2009
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae
Armigatus oligodentatus n. sp.2 Vernygora and Murray 2015
UALVP 51679, 47146, 47155, 51602, 51622, 51623, 51680, 51681 (?Paraclupeidae indet. in Murray et al. 2013)
 Acanthomorphata -
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata1 Rosen 1973
UALVP 54107
 Polymixiiformes - Pycnosteroididae
Magrebichthys nelsoni1 Murray and Wilson 2014 beardfish
UALVP 51610, 51667, 54108, 51666
 Acanthomorphata -
Homalopagus multispinosus1 Murray and Wilson 2014
UALVP 51665, 47142
Errachidia pentaspinosa n. gen. n. sp.1 Murray and Wilson 2014
UALVP 54106, 51611