Locality XVII, Azarifen (Triassic of Morocco)

Where: Marrakech-Safi, Morocco (31.1° N, 8.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 5.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower part of the T5 stratigraphic unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dutuit in the 1970s; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: J.-M. Dutuit. 1972. Découverte d'un Dinosaure ornithischien dans le Trias supérieur de l'Atlas occidental marocain [Discovery of an ornithischian dinosaur in the Upper Triassic of the Moroccan western Atlas]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 275:2841-2844 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58619: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2006, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Arganasuchus dutuiti n. gen. n. sp.
Arganasuchus dutuiti n. gen. n. sp. Jalil and Peyer 2007 rauisuchid
"remains of large theropods"