Hamada du Guir pterosaurs (BSPG): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
collected by private collectors

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
? Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
Wellnhofer and Buffetaut 1999 35 specimens
BSP 1993 IX 4, 590-596, Isolated teeth - four morphotypes are represented
    = Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
Ibrahim et al. 2010
Tapejaridae indet. Kellner 1989
Wellnhofer and Buffetaut 1999 1 specimen
BSP 1997 I 67, fragment of anterior mandibular symphysis
    = Tapejarinae indet. Kellner 1989
Vullo et al. 2012
    = Afrotapejara zouhri Martill et al. 2020
Martill et al. 2020
Reptilia - Chaoyangopteridae
? Pteranodontidae indet. Marsh 1876
Wellnhofer and Buffetaut 1999 1 specimen
BSP 1993 IX 338, jaw fragment
    = Alanqa saharica Ibrahim et al. 2010
Ibrahim et al. 2010
    = Pteranodontidae indet. Marsh 1876
Rodrigues and Kellner 2011
    = Apatorhamphus gyrostega McPhee et al. 2020
McPhee et al. 2020
Reptilia - Azhdarchidae
? Azhdarchidae indet. Nessov 1984
Wellnhofer and Buffetaut 1999 1 specimen
BSP 1996 I 36, lower jaw fragment
    = Alanqa saharica Ibrahim et al. 2010
Ibrahim et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Drâa-Tafilalet County:Errachidia
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 4.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.9° North, 4.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kem Kem
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collectors:private collectors
Metadata
Database number:90076
Authorizer:R. Butler, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Butler, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-07-07 06:03:51 Last modified:2022-08-22 20:29:38
Access level:the public Released:2009-07-07 06:03:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32662. N. Ibrahim, D. M. Unwin, D. M. Martill, L. Baidder, and S. Zouhri. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azharchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS One 5(5):e10875 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

72064 D. M. Martill, R. Smith, D. M. Unwin, A. Kao, J. McPhee and N. Ibrahim. 2020. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 112:104424 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
73819 J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, A. Kao, D. M. Unwin, R. Smith and D. M. Martill. 2020. A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 110:104410 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
35947 T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2011. New pterosaur specimens from the Kem Kem beds (Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian) of Morocco. Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(1):149-160 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
42229 R. Vullo, J. Marugán-Lobón, A. W. A. Kellner, A. D. Buscaloni, B. Gomez, M. Fuente, and J. J. Moratalla. 2012. A new crested pterosaur from the Early Cetaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). PLoS ONE 7(7):e38900 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
30201 P. Wellnhofer and E. Buffetaut. 1999. Pterosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 73:133-142 [R. Butler/R. Butler]