North of Goulmima (Unit 4): Early/Lower Turonian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Libonectes atlasense n. sp. Buchy 2005
Buchy 2005 1 individual
synonym of Libonectes morgani
SMNK-PAL 3978 (holotype skeleton)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Thililua longicollis n. gen., n. sp. Bardet et al. 2003
Bardet et al. 2003 1 individual
MNHGr.PA.11710
Manemergus anguirostris n. gen., n. sp. Buchy et al. 2005
Buchy et al. 2005 1 individual
SMNK-PAL 3861 (holotype, partial skeleton)
Reptilia
Aigialosauridae indet. Kramberger 1892
Dalla Vecchia 2005 3 individuals
    = Tethysaurus nopcsai n. gen., n. sp. Bardet et al. 2003
Bardet et al. 2003
MNHN 1999-9 GOU1, a complete cranium; MNHN 1999-9 GOU2 near-complete skull; MNHN 1999-9 GOU3, cranial and postcranial remains; MNHN GOU 4-1-17 and MNHN GOU 5) comprises isolated, fragmentary cranial bones and vertebrae - two baby specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Er-Rachidia
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 4.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.2° North, 4.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Turonian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Akrabou
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "concentrated in the Unit 4 of the Cenomanian-Turonian limestone bar, a reference level in North Africa. The Unit 4 is Early Turonian in age"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular calcareous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The fossils are preserved in ovoid calcareous nodules"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Glacial or sequence phase:maximum flooding surface
Geology comments: "corresponds to an open platform environment related to the maximum of the Cenomanian-Turonian transgressive phase."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:few
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Collection size:5 individuals
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collection method comments: SMNK, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany
Metadata
Also known as:Asflat, Goulimima, Asfla
Database number:103973
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:H. Street, M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-04 06:53:40 Last modified:2018-07-27 09:59:11
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-04 06:53:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35020. N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil. 2003. A new mosasauroid (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2(8):607-616 [M. Carrano/H. Street/F. Aspromonte]

Secondary references:

35105 N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil. 2003. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:307-315 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]
37883 M. -C. Buchy, F. Métayer, and E. Frey. 2005. Osteology of Manemergus anguirostris n. gen. et sp., a new plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272:97-120 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
39324 M.-C. Buchy. 2005. An elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco. Carolinea 63:5-28 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
37302 L. Cavin, H. Tong, L. Boudad, C. Meister, A. Piuz, J. Tabouelle, M. Aarab, R. Amiot, E. Buffetaut, G. Dyke, S. Hua and J. Le Loeuff. 2010. Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences 57:391-412 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
40738 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2005. Un viaggio geo-paleontologico in Marocco. Natura Nascosta 30:16-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49731 A. Houssaye and N. Bardet. 2013. A baby mosasauroid (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Turonian of Morocco - Tethysaurus 'junior' discovered. Cretaceous Research 46:208-215 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
66439 S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2017. Redescription of the elasmosaurid plesiosaurian Libonectes atlasense from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 74:205-222 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]