Also known as , Halisaurus arambourgi type Grand Daoui area, Khouribga
Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Couche III Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, brown, gray phosphorite and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochene, B. Bouya, and M. Amaghaz. 2005. A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143:447-472 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118067: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Halisaurus arambourgi n. sp.
Halisaurus arambourgi n. sp. Bardet et al. 2005 mosasaur MNHN PMC 14 - type (incomplete skeleton including a disarticulated skull and 27 associated articulated vertebrae: seven cervicals, 18 dorsals, two distal caudals). Referred material: MNHN PMC 15 (disarticulated cranium with three cervical vertebrae), MNHN PMC 16 (disarticulated incomplete cranium), OCP-DEK/GE 100 (incomplete disarticulated skeleton with cranial remains, vertebrae, girdle and limb bones), OCP DEK/GE 101 (incomplete skeleton including caudal vertebrae, pelvic girdle and hindlimb bones), OCP DEK/GE 102 (incomplete disarticulated skeleton with cranial remains, vertebrae and forelimb bones), OCP DEK/GE 103 (incomplete skeleton with vertebrae and forelimb bones). Other incomplete specimens are kept in the OCP collections (OCP DEK/GE 12, 23, 39, 53, 73, 73 bi, 104–108, 150, 176, 185, 244, 272– 277) as well as in private collections
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