Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 8.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Couche VI (or level C6). According to Cappetta et al. (2014): The use of dissimilarity indices and agglomerative method underscores two distinct associations: a lower one including the levels L6 and L5, and an upper one comprising the levels L4 to L2. These two associations allow to separate a lower and an upper Maastrichtian level. Moreover, the special morphology of the teeth of S. pristodontus occurring in L2, compared to what is observed in lower levels, permits us to distinguish a lower Upper Maastrichtian and an upper Upper Maastrichtian faunal assemblage.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, phosphatic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
• Repository: University of Montpellier 2; Office Chérifien des Phosphates, Khouribga, Morocco (OCP)
Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1994. Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphi) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc. Palaeovertebrata 23:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 116903: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Squalicorax africanus3, Squalicorax bassanii3, Squalicorax pristodontus3, Squalicorax microserratus2, Squalicorax benguerirensis2
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Plicatoscyllium gharbii n. sp.5
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Dasyatoidea indet.3, Coupatezia sp.3, Coupatezia ambroggii5, Myliobatoidea "indet. 1"5, Myliobatoidea "indet. 2"5
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Rhombodus meridionalis Arambourg 1952 stingray
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881 stingray | |
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Enchodus elegans3 Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Stratodus apicalis3 Cope 1872 | |
Pseudoegertonia sp.3 Dartevelle and Casier 1949 | |
Pycnodontidae indet.3 Agassiz 1833 | |
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Eremiasaurus heterodontus3, Globidens phosphaticus1, Prognathodon giganteus3, Prognathodon currii1, "Platecarpus" ptychodon3, Halisaurus arambourgi3
Globidens phosphaticus1 Bardet et al. 2005 mosasaur OCP.DEK/GE 347 (median tooth); OCP.DEK/GE unnumbered (6 teeth)
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