Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Khinjaria acuta n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2024
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Longrich et al. 2024 | |||||||||
| MHNM.KHG.521 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Stelladens mysteriosus n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2023
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| MHNM.KHG.1436 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Khouribga |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 6.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.7° North, 6.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Couche III | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: phosphatic sands, marls, and limestones | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 230233 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-05-26 06:20:26 | Last modified: | 2024-03-04 02:57:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-05-26 06:20:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84791. | N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola and N. Bardet. 2023. Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Fossils 1:2-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 87706 | N. R. Longrich, M. J. Polcyn, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet. 2024. A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 105870 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |