Bout el Mezoud, Sillon F (Eocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 9.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116904: 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
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Merabatis praealba Arambourg 1952 stingray
Coupatezia boujoi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Arechia arambourgi Cappetta 1983 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 whiptail stingray
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius obliquus Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon dartevellei Arambourg 1952 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium meraense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 carpet shark