Ksar es Souk azhdarchid cervical (LINHM 014): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Azhdarchidae indet.
Nessov 1984
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| LINHM 014, cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
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= ? Azhdarchidae indet.
Nessov 1984
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Ibrahim et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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= Azhdarchidae indet.
Nessov 1984
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Rodrigues and Kellner 2011 | |||||||||
| 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: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Red beds
See revised palaeontology and geology of the Kem Kem beds in Ibrahim et al. 2020 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90079 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-07 06:48:56 | Last modified: | 2022-08-22 20:29:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-07 06:48:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30206. | A. W. A. Kellner and B. J. Mader. 1996. First report of Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae) from Cretaceous rocks of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3 (suppl.)):45A [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] |