Sidi Chennane [Couche IIa] (general) (Paleocene of Morocco)

Also known as Lahimia selloumi type, bed IIa, Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis type, Sidi Chenane

Where: Morocco (32.7° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 8.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: IIa Member (Couche II Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

• Some reworked Danian selachians

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 133217: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.09.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sulcidens4 Dartevelle and Casier 1943 eagle ray
Myliobatis raouxi4 Arambourg 1952 eagle ray
Archaeomanta priemi Herman 1979 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Heterotorpedo brahimi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Ishaquia globidens4 Arambourg 1952 stingray
Heterobatis talbaouii4 Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Coupatezia larivei Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus microdon4 Arambourg 1952 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura delpiti Cappetta 1984 stingray
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus larachei4 Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
Khouribgaleus gomphorhiza Arambourg 1952 hound shark
Triakis antunesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Casieria maghrebiana Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Scyliorhinus ptychtus Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Scyliorhinus entomodon4 Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Microscyliorhinus simplex Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) subulidens Arambourg 1952 cat shark
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) peypouqueti Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Foumtizia abdouni Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Abdounia africana4 Arambourg 1952 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Delpitoscyllium africanum Leriche 1927 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma chenanei n. sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma khouribgaense Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Hologinglymostoma jaegeri Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon daouii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Metlaouia delpiti Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 wobbegong
 Lamniformes -
Isurolamna sp.4 Cappetta 1992 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Lahimia selloumi n. gen. n. sp.4
Lahimia selloumi n. gen. n. sp.4 Solé et al. 2009 creodont
OCP DEK/GE 443 (PM 75) - holotype (right dentary with M1–3 and alveoli of P2–4 and part of C1); hypodigm: OCP DEK/GE 443 (PM 75), holotype, right dentary with M1–3; MNHN PM 56, right dentary with M2–3 and roots of M1; MNHN PM 57, left dentary with M1–3, and roots of P3; OCP DEK/GE 442 (PM 76), left dentary with M2–3 and alveoli (with broken roots) of P2–4–M1
 Theriamorpha -
Ocepeia daouiensis2 Gheerbrant et al. 2001 placental
MNHN.F PM45 (partial skull)
Hadrogeneios phosphaticus n. gen. n. sp.1 Gheerbrant 2023 placental
MHNM.KHG.227 - holotype; paratypes: MHNT PAL 2006.0.19, MHNM.KHG.223-226
Reptilia
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Arambourgisuchus khouribgaensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Jouve et al. 2005 crocodilian
OCP DEK/GE 300 (holotype: skull), OCP DEK/GE 18 (skull), OCP DEK/GE 269 and 1200 (separate portions of mandibles)