Ouled Bou Ali, Grand Daoui area: Ypresian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Archaeomanta sp.
Herman 1979
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos sp.
Link 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Casieria sp.
Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
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Abdounia beaugei
(Arambourg 1935)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Carcharias atlasi
(Arambourg 1952)
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original and current combination Synodontaspis atlasi | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Striatolamia macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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original and current combination Otodus macrotus | ||||||||||
"Striatolamia macrota striata" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Embrithopoda
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cf. Stylolophus sp.
Gheerbrant et al. 2018
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Gheerbrant et al. 2018 | |||||||||
MNHN.F PM53 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Numidotheriidae
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Daouitherium rebouli n. gen., n. sp.
Gheerbrant and Sudre 2002
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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] |