Oued Tamemecht (Jurassic to of Morocco)

Also known as El Mers 13

Where: Boulemane, Morocco (33.4° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 2.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: El Mers Formation, Middle Bathonian to Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; green marl and green, red, sandy, calcareous claystone

• littoral marine
• red and green clays topped with sandy or calcareous banks; fossils in "green marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1939

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1955. Étude paléontologique des vertébrés du Jurassique d'El Mers (Moyen Atlas) [Paleontological study of the Jurassic veretebrates from El Mers (Middle Atlas)]. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124:1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45966: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.12.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus sp.
Steneosaurus sp. Saint-Hilaire 1825 marine crocodile