Where: Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco (30.8° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 1.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tanameurt Member (Timezgadiwine Formation), Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• orig. dated as Late Permian on vertebrate remains and assigned to upper part of T2 unit, but actually basal T3
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; massive, medium-grained, brown, red, conglomeratic sandstone and brown, red, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. Tourani, N. Benaouiss, G. Gand, S. Bourquin, N.-E. Jalil, J. Broutin, B. Battail, D. Germain, F. Khaldoune, S. Sebban, J.-S. Steyer and R. Vacant. 2010. Evidence of an Early Triassic age (Olenekian) in Argana Basin (High Atlas, Morocco) based on new chirotherioid traces. Comptes Rendus Palevol 9:201-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149976: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates | |
Isochirotherium cf. gierlinskii, Brachychirotherium sp., cf. Synaptichnium sp., Synaptichnium cf. pseudosuchoides, Chirotherium barthii
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