Aznag: Lutetian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Rodentia indet.
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodontidae indet. Trouessart 1879
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
cf. Paschatherium sp. Russell 1963
Mammalia
Soricomorpha indet. Gregory 1910
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
? Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Dasyatis" aff. sudrei Cappetta 1972
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Dasyatoidea indet. Whitley 1940
Arechia sp. Cappetta 1983
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnuridae indet. Fowler 1934
Ouledia sp. Cappetta 1986
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Urolophidae indet. Gray 1851
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Leidybatis sp. Cappetta 1986
Eomobula aff. stehmanni Herman et al. 1988
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Garabatis sp.
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos aff. bruxelliensis (Jaekel 1894)
original and current combination Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatiscyllium sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837
Chiloscyllium aff. meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma aff. angolense Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Nebrius obliquus (Leidy 1877)
recombined as Ginglymostoma obliquum
Protoginglymostoma sp. Herman and Crochard 1977
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias aff. atlasi (Arambourg 1952)
original and current combination Synodontaspis atlasi
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 6.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° North, 8.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jbel Tagount
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: middle Lutetian, between 45.8 and 43.6 Ma, Zone P11
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:91339
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-15 13:09:07 Last modified:2013-08-05 14:28:01
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-15 13:09:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30724. R. Tabuce, S. Adnet, H. Cappetta, A. M. Noubhani, and F. Quillevere. 2005. Aznag (bassin d'Ouarzazate, Maroc), nouvelle localite a selaciens et mammiferes de l'Eocene moyen (Lutetien) d'Afrique. Bulletin de la societe Geologique du France 2005(176):381-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

47472 P. Coster, M. Benammi, M. Mahboubi, R. Tabuce, M. Adaci, L. Marivaux, M. Bensalah, S. Mahoubi, A. Mhboubi, F. Mebrouk, C. Mameri and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. Chronology of the Eocene continental deposits of Africa: Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the El Kohol and Glib Zegdou Formations, Algeria. GSA Bulletin 124(9/10):1590-1606 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]