Oued Zem (FSAC collection) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology, King Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco (FSAC)

Primary reference: S. L. A. Cooper and J. L. Norton. 2023. Youngest occurrence of a plethodid fish (Teleostei: Tselfatiiformes: Plethodidae) from the Maastrichtian of north Africa. Cretaceous Research 152(105673) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232152: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.10.2023

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae
Plethodidae indet. Loomis 1900
FSAC CP 321