Sidi Daoui "site 1": Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
collected by Office Cherifien de Phosphates 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Partial skeleton comprising jaw fragments and articulated caudals | ||||||||||
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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| Caudal vertebra and teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus n. gen., n. sp.
Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2003
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1 individual | |||||||||
| OCP DEK/GE 111 (holotype), five cervical vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodontidae indet.
Woodward 1901
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Serratolamnidae
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Serratolamna serrata
(Agassiz 1838)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus binkhorsti
Dames 1881
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Chaouia-Ouardigha |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 6.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 7.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Couche III | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Dated on the basis of selachian teeth. Informal name for unit used by local miners; specimens collected from the upper part of this unit. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Office Cherifien de Phosphates | Collection dates: | 2000 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Phosphatodraco holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 92203 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-03 06:36:39 | Last modified: | 2022-04-20 13:46:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-03 06:36:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31053. | X. Pereda Suberbiola, N. Bardet, S. Jouve, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2003. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. In E. Buffetaut, J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:79-90 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |