Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Khouribga, Morocco (32.8° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 6.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Couche III Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

• phosphatic sands, marls, and limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola and N. Bardet. 2023. Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Fossils 1:2-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230233: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.05.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Khinjaria acuta n. gen. n. sp., Stelladens mysteriosus n. gen. n. sp.
Khinjaria acuta n. gen. n. sp. Longrich et al. 2024 mosasaur
MHNM.KHG.521 - holotype
Stelladens mysteriosus n. gen. n. sp. Longrich et al. 2023 mosasaur
MHNM.KHG.1436 - holotype