Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Couche III Member (Phosphates Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. R. H. LeBlanc, M. W. Caldwell, and N. Bardet. 2012. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):82-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123268: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 17.01.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Carrano and Nicholas Kahane
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Halisaurus arambourgi3, "Russellosaurinae indet." = Russellosaurina1, Gavialimimus almaghribensis n. gen. n. sp.4, Platecarpus ptychodon n. sp.1, Mosasaurus cf. anceps1, Mosasaurus sp.1, Mosasaurus beaugei n. sp.1, "Globidens aegyptiacus" = Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus1, Globidens simplex n. sp.2, Globidens phosphaticus1, Eremiasaurus heterodontus n. gen. n. sp.
Halisaurus arambourgi3 Bardet et al. 2005 mosasaur WDC-CPM-100, partial skeleton, NHMM-LV-2005-1A, incomplete skull
Gavialimimus almaghribensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Strong et al. 2020 mosasaur MHNM.KHG.1231 (holotype), an articulated skull isolated left and right dentaries, articulated right posterior mandibular unit, isolated pterygoids, a partial right quadrate and four isolated vertebrae and the right humerus
Platecarpus ptychodon n. sp.1 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MNHN PMC 30 tooth and holotype; MNHN PMC 31 to 34 (teeth)
Mosasaurus beaugei n. sp.1 Arambourg 1952 mosasaur MNHN PMC 7, tooth (holotype); MNHN PMC 8 and 9 (teeth); MNHN PMC 10 to 13 (teeth)
"Globidens aegyptiacus" = Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus1 Zdansky 1935 mosasaur MNHN PMC 29, a small tooth
Globidens simplex n. sp.2 LeBlanc et al. 2019 mosasaur MHNM.KHG.221 - holotype (partial skeleton, partial skull, associated teeth; unconfirmed provenance)
Eremiasaurus heterodontus n. gen. n. sp. LeBlanc et al. 2012 mosasaur UALVP 51744 - syntype (skull, vertebral cand phalangeal elementsolumn, isolated ribs, left scapula, coracoid and humerus, left and right ischia and ilia, femur, tibia, fibula, and isolated tarsal, metatarsal,)
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