Sidi Daoui: Ypresian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Ummulisani rutgersensis Gaffney et al. 2006
Gaffney et al. 2006 1 specimen
AMNH 30569, skull : Ypresian (based on shark teeth; Cappetta, personal commun.), phosphates, Oued Zem, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
Phosphatochelys tedfordi n. gen., n. sp. Gaffney and Tong 2003
Gaffney and Tong 2003 2 individuals
AMNH 30008 - holotype (complete skull without lower jaws); originally stated as coming from Thanetian deposits (Gaffney and Tong 2003); MDEt 26, a nearly complete skull reported by Gaffney et al. (2006, p. 103)
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes
Phaethusavis pelagicus n. gen., n. sp. Bourdon et al. 2008
Bourdon et al. 2008 1 specimen
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Dasornis emuinus (Bowerbank 1854)
Bourdon et al. 2010
Dasornis abdoun Bourdon et al. 2010
Bourdon et al. 2010
Reptilia
cf. Crocodilus indet. (Laurenti 1768)
1 individual
    = Maroccosuchus zennaroi n. gen., n. sp. Jonet and Wouters 1977
Jonet and Wouters 1977
IRSNB R408 - holotype (skull, mandible and partial postcranial skeleton)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Archaeomanta priemi n. sp. Herman 1979
Herman 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Oued Zem
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 6.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° North, 8.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphy comments: Locality preserves sediments from latest Maastrichtian (Couche III), Palaeocene (Couche II and IIb) and Eocene (Couche 1, Couche 0, Sillon A, Sillon B)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Phosphates Ypresiens
Database number:35132
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, R. Benson, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Whatley, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, R. Benson
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-11-14 14:17:08 Last modified:2022-02-22 06:40:59
Access level:the public Released:2003-11-14 14:17:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9459.5% 38080S. Jonet and G. Wouters. 1972. Presence d'un Crocodilien nouveau dans les phosphates Ypresiens du Maroc (note preliminaire). [A new crocodile from the Ypresian phosphates of Morocco; preliminary note.]. Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie, de Paleontologie et d'Hydrologie, Brussels. 81(3-4):209-210 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

36416 E. Bourdon, M. Amaghzaz, and B. Bouya. 2008. A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco. GeoBios 41(4):455-459 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
39384 E. S. Gaffney and H. Tong. 2003. Phosphatochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Morocco. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:644-659 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
27976 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30739 J. Herman. 1979. Additions to the Eocene fish fauna of Belgium; 4, Archaeomanta, a new genus from the Belgian and and North African Palaeogene. Tertiary Research 2(2):61-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
23621 S. Hua and S. Jouve. 2004. A primitive marine gavialoid from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):341-350 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
50043 S. Jonet and G. Wouters. 1977. Maroccosuchus zennaroi, crocodilien eusuchien nouveau des phosphates du Maroc. Notes de la Service Geologique du Maroc 38(268):177-202 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
52023 S. Jouve, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz and S. Meslouh. 2015. Maroccosuchus zennaroi (Crocodylia: Tomistominae) from the Eocene of Morocco: phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical implications of the basalmost tomistomine. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(5):421-445 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]