CDUE Locality 100 (Triassic of Morocco)

Where: Marrakech-Safi, Morocco (31.1° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 5.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irohalene Member (Timezgadiouine Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• "Irohalene (T5)"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• "Current ripples, mudcracks and diverse invertebrate traces point to deposits of a stream bed with recurrent subaerial exposure" (Lagnaoui et al. 2016)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: A. Lagnaoui, H. Klein, H. Saber, A. Fekkak, A. Belahmira and J. W. Schneider. 2016. New discoveries of archosaur and other tetrapod footprints from the Timezgadiouine Formation (Irohalene Member, Upper Triassic) of the Argana Basin, western High Atlas, Morocco – ichnotaxonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 453:1-9 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195710: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 18.08.2018, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Grallatoridae indet.
Grallatoridae indet. Lull 1904 theropod
CDUE 361 (Atreipus-Grallator)
 Saurischia -
Parachirotherium sp.
Parachirotherium sp. Kuhn 1958 saurischian
CDUE 363, 369
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Apatopus lineatus
Apatopus lineatus Bock 1952 archosaur
CDUE 367
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotheriidae indet., Brachychirotherium sp.
Chirotheriidae indet. Abel 1935 archosaur
CDUE 362
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur
CDUE 360, 364
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp.
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates
CDUE 361