Ouled Abdoun (Ocepeia grandis): Selandian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Ocepeia grandis n. sp.
Gheerbrant et al. 2014
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| MNHN.F PM37 - type (partial dentary); referred material: MNHN.F PM34 (fragment of left dentary); MHNT PAL 2006.0.9 (right dentary); MNHN.F PM39 (teeth); PM66 (right dentary) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 5.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° North, 7.0° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Selandian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Selandian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 154636 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-02-27 05:57:49 | Last modified: | 2016-07-07 06:42:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-27 05:57:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50266. | E. Gheerbrant, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya, F. Goussard, and C. Letenneur. 2014. Ocepeia (Middle Paleocene of Morocco): The Oldest Skull of an Afrotherian Mammal. PLoS One 9(2):e89739 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 59741 | E. Gheerbrant, A. Filippo, and A. Schmitt. 2016. Convergence of Afrotherian and Laurasiatherian Ungulate-Like Mammals: First Morphological Evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco. PLoS ONE 11(7):e0157556:1-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |