Sidi Daoui [upper Couche III] (general) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochene, F. Bouyahyaoui, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2004. Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg, 1952 (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Geobios 37:315-324 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99159: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 29.10.2010, edited by Philip Mannion and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Thalassotitan atrox n. gen. n. sp.4, Eremiasaurus heterodontus1, Mosasaurus beaugei, Pluridens serpentis n. sp.2
Thalassotitan atrox n. gen. n. sp.4 Longrich et al. 2022 mosasaur
MNHM.KHG.231 and OCP DEK-GE 417 - syntypes
Eremiasaurus heterodontus1 LeBlanc et al. 2012 mosasaur
OCP DEK/GE 112 - syntype (skull and nearly complete vertebral column)
Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg 1952 mosasaur
Pluridens serpentis n. sp.2 Longrich et al. 2021 mosasaur
OCP DEK-GE 548 and MHNM.KH.262 - syntypes
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet.3
Abelisauridae indet.3 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MHNM.KHG.333 ("Sidi Daoui Abelisaurid")
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Lambeosaurinae indet.5
Lambeosaurinae indet.5 Parks 1923 lambeosaurine
MHNM.KHG.1483, humerus
1LeBlanc et al. 2012; 2Longrich et al. 2021; 3Longrich et al. 2023; 4Longrich et al. 2022; 5Longrich et al. 2024