Sidi Chennane [Couche IIa] (general): Selandian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis n. gen., n. sp. Jouve et al. 2005
Jouve et al. 2005 4 specimens
OCP DEK/GE 300 (holotype: skull), OCP DEK/GE 18 (skull), OCP DEK/GE 269 and 1200 (separate portions of mandibles)
Mammalia
Ocepeia daouiensis Gheerbrant et al. 2001
Gheerbrant et al. 2014
MNHN.F PM45 (partial skull)
Hadrogeneios phosphaticus n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant 2023
Gheerbrant 2023 6 specimens
MHNM.KHG.227 - holotype; paratypes: MHNT PAL 2006.0.19, MHNM.KHG.223-226
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Lahimia selloumi n. gen., n. sp. Solé et al. 2009
Solé et al. 2009 3 specimens
OCP DEK/GE 443 (PM 75) - holotype (right dentary with M1–3 and alveoli of P2–4 and part of C1); hypodigm: OCP DEK/GE 443 (PM 75), holotype, right dentary with M1–3; MNHN PM 56, right dentary with M2–3 and roots of M1; MNHN PM 57, left dentary with M1–3, and roots of P3; OCP DEK/GE 442 (PM 76), left dentary with M2–3 and alveoli (with broken roots) of P2–4–M1
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Heterotorpedo brahimi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Heterobatis talbaouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Solé et al. 2009
Ishaquia globidens (Arambourg 1952)
Solé et al. 2009
Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus microdon Arambourg 1952
Solé et al. 2009
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura delpiti Cappetta 1984
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Archaeomanta priemi Herman 1979
Myliobatis raouxi Arambourg 1952
Solé et al. 2009
Myliobatis sulcidens Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Solé et al. 2009
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus larachei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Solé et al. 2009
Triakis antunesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza (Arambourg 1952)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Microscyliorhinus simplex Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Abdounia africana (Arambourg 1952)
Solé et al. 2009
Casieria maghrebiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) peypouqueti Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens (Arambourg 1952)
Foumtizia abdouni Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Solé et al. 2009
Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Metlaouia delpiti Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon daouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Ginglymostoma chenanei n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Delpitoscyllium africanum (Leriche 1927)
Hologinglymostoma jaegeri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes
Isurolamna sp. Cappetta 1992
Solé et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 6.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.6° North, 8.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Couche II Member:IIa
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Some reworked Danian selachians
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Metadata
Also known as:Lahimia selloumi type, bed IIa, Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis type, Sidi Chenane
Database number:133217
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-09-05 21:59:26 Last modified:2023-12-05 13:00:21
Access level:the public Released:2012-09-05 21:59:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
73972. A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

84645 E. Gheerbrant. 2023. Ancestral radiation of paenungulate mammals (Paenungulatomorpha)—new evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2197971:1-15 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
50266 E. Gheerbrant, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya, F. Goussard, and C. Letenneur. 2014. Ocepeia (Middle Paleocene of Morocco): The Oldest Skull of an Afrotherian Mammal. PLoS One 9(2):e89739 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
36774 S. Jouve, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2005. A new dyrosaurid crocodyliform from the Palaeocene of Morocco and a phylogenetic analysis of Dyrosauridae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(3):581-594 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
42871 F. Solé, E. Gheerbrant, M. Amaghzaz and B. Bouya. 2009. Further evidence of the African antiquity of hyaenodontid (‘Creodonta’, Mammalia) evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:827-846 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]