El Borouj, Oued Meskoura: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
collected by MNHN Arambourg Collection
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Carinodens belgicus
(Woodward 1891)
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| recombined as Compressidens belgicus | ||||||||||
| MNHN Arambourg Collection (posteriormost tooth) - originally referred to Globidens aegyptiacus by Arambourg (1952) - the specimen is now lost | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 7.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.5° North, 7.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Oulad Abdoun Basin |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic not reported |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collectors: | MNHN Arambourg Collection |
Metadata
| Database number: | 116905 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-14 00:39:49 | Last modified: | 2013-04-05 09:09:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-14 00:39:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37608. | N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochène, M. Amalik, and B. Bouya. 2005. Durophagous Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, with description of a new species of Globidens. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):167-175 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 14719 | C. Arambourg. 1952. Les vertébrés fossiles des gisments de phosphates (Maroc- Algérie- Tunisie). Service Geologique du Maroc, Notes et Mémoires 92:1-372 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen] | |
| 46172 | A. S. Schulp, N. Bardet, and B. Bouya. 2009. A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 88(3):161-167 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |