Ouled Bou Ali, Grand Daoui area: Ypresian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia beaugei (Arambourg 1935)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias atlasi (Arambourg 1952)
original and current combination Synodontaspis atlasi
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
"Striatolamia macrota striata"
Mammalia - Embrithopoda
cf. Stylolophus sp. Gheerbrant et al. 2018
Gheerbrant et al. 2018
MNHN.F PM53
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Numidotheriidae
Daouitherium rebouli n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant and Sudre 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 5.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.3° North, 7.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "level 1 of the local phosphatic series"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Lithology description: none given
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collection method comments: selachians found in matrix surrounding Daouitherium type specimen that was collected "by local people"
Metadata
Also known as:Daouitherium type, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Ouled Bouali
Database number:71235
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-22 18:43:32 Last modified:2024-03-13 12:35:22
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-22 18:43:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23857. E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, H. Cappetta, M. Iarochène, M. Amaghzaz and B. Bouya. 2002. A new large mammal from the Ypresian of Morocco: evidence of surprising diversity of early proboscideans. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):493-506 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

66228 E. Gheerbrant, A. Schmitt, and L. Kocsis. 2018. Early African Fossils Elucidate the Origin of Embrithopod Mammals. Current Biology 28:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]