Also known as Ksar Met-Lili
Where: Figuig, Morocco (32.7° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 1.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ksar Metlili Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian to Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 140.2 Ma)
• original Fm name "Couches Rouges". Localities KM-A1, A2, B', C, D1 and D2 are fossiliferous loci separated by a few metres in the same calcareous fossiliferous sandstone bed.
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lenticular, fine-grained, medium, red, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Lasseron et al in 2010
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve
Primary reference: M. Lasseron, R. Allain, E. Gheerbrant, H. Haddoumi, N.-E. Jalil, G. Métais, J.-C. Rage, R. Vullo, and S. Zouhri. 2019. New data on the microvertebrate fauna from the Upper Jurassic or lowest Cretaceous of Ksar Metlili (Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco). Geological Magazine 1-26 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204918: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 25.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ginglymodi indet. Cope 1871 KM-A1-41, fin rays; KM-A1-42, teeth; 46, scales; 47, scale; 49, scales; 50, scales
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Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834 pterosaur KM-A1-38 to 39, both teeth. Not mentioned in main text but listed in this locality in the supp info
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Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod KM-A1-9, claw (pedal?); KM-A1-11, claws; 12 to 13, both teeth; 55, claw (pedal?), 56, claw (ungual?)
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Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian KM-A1-25, osteoderms; KM-A1-26, 27, 30 to 33, 35, all teeth
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