Sidi Chennane [middle Couche III] (general): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet. (Nessov 1984)
FSAC-OB 203
Reptilia
Chenanisaurus barbaricus n. gen., n. sp. Longrich et al. 2017
Longrich et al. 2017 4 specimens
OCPDEK-GE 772, OCP DEK-GE 457, DEK-GE 458
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Béni Mellal-Khénifra County:Khouribga
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 6.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.7° North, 6.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:193775
Authorizer:P. Mannion, G. Lloyd Enterer:P. Mannion, G. Lloyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-05 04:59:00 Last modified:2023-07-21 14:21:09
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-05 04:59:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65819. N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and B. Andres. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

67322 N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N.-E. Jalil, F. Khaldoune, and E. Jourani. 2017. An abelisaurid from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of Morocco, North Africa. Cretaceous Research 76:40-52 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]