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Anoual - Lower Anoual, Bni Tadjite Cercle, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco

Formation	Anoual
Member	Lower Anoual
Age:	168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Interval	Bathonian
Lithology	marl, "limestone"
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	57

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Guelb el Ahmar	Bni Tadjite Cercle, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco	Anoual - Lower Anoual
Guelb el Ahmar	Bni Tadjite Cercle, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco	Anoual - Lower Anoual
Guelb el Ahmar	Bni Tadjite Cercle, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco	Anoual - Lower Anoual

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Inaperturopollenites sp. genus	6	Cupressales : *Inaperturopollenites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Alisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Alisporites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Araucariacites australis species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucariacites : *Araucariacites australis*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Classopollis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cheirolepidiaceae : *Classopollis*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Callialasporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : *Callialasporites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ostracoda class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ionoscopiformes order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ionoscopiformes	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lepisosteiformes order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Osteoglossiformes order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Osteoglossiformes	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Mawsoniidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Dryolestida order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dryolestida	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Amphitheriidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Amphitheriidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ornithischia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Stegosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauria	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Caudata unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Comonecturoides : Caudata	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Arganodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : *Arganodus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Albanerpetontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Albanerpetontidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lissamphibia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Lissamphibia	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Choristodera unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Choristodera	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Metriorhynchidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Metriorhynchidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Theriosuchus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Atoposauridae : *Theriosuchus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Teleosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Teleosauridae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Diapsida unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Diapsida	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pterosauria order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhamphorhynchidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Rhamphorhynchidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhynchocephalia order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Scincomorpha infraorder	4.5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scincomorpha	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Squamata order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Parviraptor sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : *Parviraptor*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Testudinata unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Protochelys : Testudinata	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lymnaeidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lymnaeidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Planorbidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Valvatidae family	5	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Valvatidae	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Charophyta phylum	2	Plantae : Charophyta	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Botryococcus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : Trebouxiophyceae : Trebouxiales : Botryococcaceae : *Botryococcus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Schizosporis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Chlorophyta : *Schizosporis*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cycadopites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Cycadopites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Leptolepidites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : *Leptolepidites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyathidites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : *Cyathidites*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ischyosporites variegatus species	7	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Ischyosporites : *Ischyosporites variegatus*	168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic

References

Haddoumi H., Allain R., et al (2016) Guelb el Ahmar (Bathonian, Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco): first continental flora and fauna including mammals from the Middle Jurassic of Africa, Gondwana Research 29, 290-319 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.12.004

Tennant J. P., Mannion P. D., et al (2016) Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177, 854-936

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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