Also known as Imi N'Tanoute, Imin tanoute, Imin Tanout, Imi n'Tanout, Gisement XI, Tizi n'MaĆ¢chou, Tizi N'Machou
Where: Marrakech-Safi, Morocco (31.1° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 5.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Irohalene Member (Timezgadiouine Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• The tridactyl prints are 20 - 30 meters "higher in the series and at the same place" [Deposit XI, Levels 1-3, also described in this paper].
•"base of t5 level" in Biron & Dutuit 1981.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by J.-M. Dutuit in 1962
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• See J.-M. Dutuit, Mem. Mus nat. Hist. nat., 36C, 1976, 253 p. may give more information on the geology.
Primary reference: J.-M. Dutuit. 1980. Principaux caracteres d'un genre de Dicynodonte du Trias marocain. [Principal characteristics of a dicynodont genus from the Moroccan Triassic]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie D: Sciences Naturelles 290(10):655-658 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34701: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 16.09.2003, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anomoepus moghrebensis n. sp.1
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Tridactylus machouensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Tridactylus machouensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Biron and Dutuit 1981 theropod "tridactyl impressions"; ARG. 1001, 1011, 1019
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Amphibia | |
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Palaeosauropus triasicus n. sp.1
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