MDE t27 Daoui (Paleocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.3° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 6.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

• none given, but "matrix of the specimens" has a "phosphatic nature"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Hirayama and H. Tong. 2003. Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. Palaeontology 46(5):845-856 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137838: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 22.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
Ixobatis mucronata Arambourg 1952 stingray
Teeth
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Teeth
Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952 whiptail stingray
Teeth
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
Teeth
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
Teeth
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus sp. Gurr 1963 hound shark
Teeth
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark
Teeth
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Euclastes wielandi Hay 1908 turtle
MDE t27 (skull)