Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1): Selandian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Abdounodus hamdii n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant et al. 2001
Gheerbrant et al. 2001
Ocepeia daouiensis n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant et al. 2001
Gheerbrant et al. 2001
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Boualitomus marocanensis n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant et al. 2006
Gheerbrant et al. 2006
Reptilia - Testudines
Bothremys kellyi n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2006
Gaffney et al. 2006
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Dasornis tolapica
Bourdon et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 5.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 7.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Quarries of Sidi Daoui and Recette 4; originally described as probably basal Eocene (earliest Ypresian), but more recent evidence indictaes a Paleocene age; lowermost bed 1 of the mining lithostratigraphic terminology; exact level and locality unknown
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: phosphorite
Lithology description: none given, but apparently from local phosphate quarries
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collection method comments: specimens purchased from fossil dealers and local mine workers
Metadata
Also known as:quarries of Sidi Daoui and Recette 4
Database number:68176
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, M. Uhen, J. Alroy Enterer:P. Holroyd, M. Uhen, J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-06 20:58:42 Last modified:2014-02-27 05:52:17
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-06 20:58:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23856. E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, and H. Cappetta. 1996. A Palaeocene proboscidean from Morocco. Nature 383:68-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

40151 E. Bourdon, M. Amaghzaz, and B. Bouya. 2010. Pseudotoothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the early Tertiary of Morocco. American Museum Novitates 3704:1-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27976 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
50266 E. Gheerbrant, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya, F. Goussard, and C. Letenneur. 2014. Ocepeia (Middle Paleocene of Morocco): The Oldest Skull of an Afrotherian Mammal. PLoS One 9(2):e89739 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
19608 E. Gheerbrant, M. Iarochene, M. Amaghzaz and B. Bouya. 2006. Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta. Geological Magazine 143(4):475-489 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
23855 E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, M. Iarochene and A. Moumni. 2001. First ascertained African "condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):107-118 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]