Bout el Mezoud, Couche 6 (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 8.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, phosphatic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Montpellier 2

Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1994. Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphi) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc. Palaeovertebrata 23:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116901: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Squatigaleus atlasi Cappetta 1989 hound shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Plicatoscyllium gharbii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia ambroggii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray