Grand Daoui area [Couche II] (Paleocene to of Morocco)

Also known as Argochampsa krebsi type locality

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 7.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Couche II Formation, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• At the Danian-Thanetian boundary

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• "phosphatic bed" and specimen is clearly lithified

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collaboration by the French National Museum, the Geological Survey of Morocco and O.C.P. (Office Cherifien des phosphates)

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114149: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Argochampsa krebsi n. gen. n. sp.
Argochampsa krebsi n. gen. n. sp. Hua and Jouve 2004 crocodilian
OCP DEK-GE 1201 - holotype (a nearly complete skull, with mandibular fragments)