Locality X, Tizi n'Maâchou (Triassic of Morocco)

Also known as Gisement X, Argana, Tizi N'Machou

Where: Marrakech, Morocco (31.0° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 5.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Timezgadiouine Formation (Argana Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• base of T5 level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and silty claystone

• "sandstones and silty clays"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dutuit in 1963-1969

Primary reference: M. Martin. 1979. Arganodus atlantis et Ceratodus arganensis, deux nouveaux Dipneustes du Trias supérieur continental marocain [Arganodus atlantis and Ceratodus arganensis, two new dipnoans from the continental Moroccan Upper Triassic]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 289:89-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113891: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthidae indet.
Coelacanthidae indet. Agassiz 1843 coelacanth
right mandibular ramus
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Arganodontidae
Arganodus atlantis n. gen. n. sp., "Ceratodus arganensis n. sp." = Arganodus arganensis
Arganodus atlantis n. gen. n. sp. Martin 1979 Australian lungfish
MNHN Tal 301-309, 311-324, 333, 336
"Ceratodus arganensis n. sp." = Arganodus arganensis Martin 1979 Australian lungfish
MNHN Tal 325-329