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Kem Kem region , Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Lat/Long (Decimal)	30.9,-4
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
El Begâa	Vullo R., Rage J.-C. (2018)	Ifezouane		not reported	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kem Kem region (general)	Lamanna M. C., Hasegawa Y. (2014)	Kem Kem beds		sandstone	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Bicuspidon hogreli species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae : Bicuspidon : *Bicuspidon hogreli*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Araripemys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Araripemydidae : *Araripemys*	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Galianemys emringeri species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Galianemys : *Galianemys emringeri*	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Galianemys whitei species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Galianemys : *Galianemys whitei*	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dirqadim schaefferi species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Euraxemydidae : Dirqadim : *Dirqadim schaefferi*	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hamadachelys escuilliei species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemididae : Hamadachelys : *Hamadachelys escuilliei*	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Somphospondyli unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Somphospondyli	100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Tong H. (2008) Les Tortues du Cenomanien continental des Kem Kem et leurs implications paleobiogeographiques, Deuxieme Rencontre sur la Vlaorization et la Preservation du Partimoine Paleontologique, 69-70

Lamanna M. C., Hasegawa Y. (2014) New titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur material from the Cenomanian of Morocco: implications for paleoecology and sauropod diversity in the Late Cretaceous of North Africa, Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 18, 1-19

Vullo R., Rage J.-C. (2018) The first Gondwanan borioteiioid lizard and the mid-Cretaceous dispersal event between North America and Africa, The Science of Nature 105, 61:1-8

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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