Oulad Abdoun Basin: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
collected by French-Moroccan excavation program
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ocepesuchus eoafricanus n. gen., n. sp.
Jouve et al. 2008
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| OCP DEK-GE 45 - holotype (a crushed skull, lacking the ventral part and the premaxillae) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 6.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 7.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Oulad Abdoun Basin | Regional bed: | Couche III |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic not reported |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | French-Moroccan excavation program |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ocepesuchus eoafricanus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 114103 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-09 21:05:01 | Last modified: | 2011-09-07 04:46:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-09 21:05:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37012. | S. Jouve, N. Bardet, N.-E. Jalil, X. P. Suberbiola, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2008. The oldest African crocodylomorph: phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptiles through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):409-421 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |