Oniichthys falipoui-type locality [PROXY]: Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Oniichthys falipoui n. gen., n. sp. Cavin and Brito 2001
2 specimens
MDE F13, P-0253
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Drâa-Tafilalet
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 5.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.3° North, 4.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:105.30000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kem Kem
Stratigraphy comments: The Kem Kem beds are rich fossiliferous horizons, exposed along the face of an escarpment, extending from the north of Erfoud town to the Kem Kem area. The age of these outcrops is still debatable being considered as ?Albian in age (Forey and Grande, 1998) or regarded as Cenomanian, due to their elasmobranch assemblage (Sereno et al. 1996).
See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:124314
Authorizer:G. Lloyd Enterer:G. Lloyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-11 05:10:58 Last modified:2022-08-22 20:38:29
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-11 05:10:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

40075. L. Cavin and P. M. Brito. 2001. A new Lepisosteidae (Actinopterygii: Ginglymodi) from the Cretaceous of the Kem Kem beds, southern Morocco. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172(5):661-670 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]