PBDB Collection

Youssoufia, recette 4, couche 0 (Paleocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.2° N, 8.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 9.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Montpellier II

Primary reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214834: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis ponsi, Dasyatis tetraedra, Dasyatis hexagonalis Dasyatis ponsi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 whiptail stingray Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae	Archaeomanta sp. Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979 eagle ray
Myliobatiformes -	Heterotorpedo lyazidii, Coupatezia fallax, Coupatezia danica, Coupatezia laevis Heterotorpedo lyazidii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray Coupatezia fallax Arambourg 1952 stingray Coupatezia danica Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray Coupatezia laevis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae	Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma subafricanum Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark
Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae	Triakis tanoutensis, Triakis antunesi, Palaeogaleus prior, Palaeogaleus brivesi Triakis tanoutensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark Triakis antunesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark Palaeogaleus prior Arambourg 1952 hound shark Palaeogaleus brivesi Arambourg 1952 hound shark
Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae	Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus, Abdounia africana, Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens, Foumtizia arba n. sp., Foumtizia abdouni, Foumtizia gadaensis, Casieria maghrebiana Scyliorhinus entomodon Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Scyliorhinus aff. ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Abdounia africana Arambourg 1952 cat shark Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens Arambourg 1952 cat shark Foumtizia arba n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Foumtizia abdouni Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Foumtizia gadaensis Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark Casieria maghrebiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae	Danogaleus gueriri Danogaleus gueriri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 requiem shark