Grand Daoui area [upper Couche III]: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Halisaurus arambourgi n. sp.
Bardet et al. 2005
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| MNHN PMC 14 - type (incomplete skeleton including a disarticulated skull and 27 associated articulated vertebrae: seven cervicals, 18 dorsals, two distal caudals). Referred material: MNHN PMC 15 (disarticulated cranium with three cervical vertebrae), MNHN PMC 16 (disarticulated incomplete cranium), OCP-DEK/GE 100 (incomplete disarticulated skeleton with cranial remains, vertebrae, girdle and limb bones), OCP DEK/GE 101 (incomplete skeleton including caudal vertebrae, pelvic girdle and hindlimb bones), OCP DEK/GE 102 (incomplete disarticulated skeleton with cranial remains, vertebrae and forelimb bones), OCP DEK/GE 103 (incomplete skeleton with vertebrae and forelimb bones). Other incomplete specimens are kept in the OCP collections (OCP DEK/GE 12, 23, 39, 53, 73, 73 bi, 104–108, 150, 176, 185, 244, 272– 277) as well as in private collections | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pachyvaranidae
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Pachyvaranus crassispondylus
Arambourg 1952
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Houssaye et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 6.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 7.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
| Formation: | Couche III | Member: | Upper |
| Regional section: | Oulad Abdoun Basin | Regional bed: | Upper Couche III |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic,brown,gray phosphorite |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: grey and brown-striped, soft phosphates overlaid by marls | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Also known as: | , Halisaurus arambourgi type Grand Daoui area, Khouribga | ||
| Database number: | 118067 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-05 06:58:59 | Last modified: | 2024-03-13 12:31:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-05 06:58:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38016. | N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochene, B. Bouya, and M. Amaghaz. 2005. A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143:447-472 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 46107 | N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 38134 | A. Houssaye, N. Bardet, J.-C. Rage, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz, and M. Amalik. 2011. A review of Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, a pachyostotic marine squamate from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco and Syria. Geological Magazine 148(2):237-249 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |