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Subatlas - Ait Ouarhitane, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

GroupSubatlas
FormationAit Ouarhitane
Age:56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
IntervalYpresian
Tectonic SettingForeland basin
Lithologymarl
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences17

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
TalazitTinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoSubatlas - Ait Ouarhitane

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Djbel59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Eutheria
infraclass
3.5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Heptaconodon : Eutheria56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Didelphodontinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Palaeoryctidae : Didelphodontinae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Palaeoryctes minimus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Palaeoryctidae : Palaeoryctes : Palaeoryctes minimus56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Todralestes butleri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pantolestidae : Todralestes : Todralestes butleri56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Condylarthra
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Khamsaconus bulbosus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Macroscelidea : Apheliscidae : Khamsaconus : Khamsaconus bulbosus56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Adapisoriculidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Adapisoriculidae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Afrodon tagourtensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Adapisoriculidae : Afrodon : Afrodon tagourtensis56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Amphisbaenia
infraorder
4.5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Amphisbaenia56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Lacertilia
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Madtsoiidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Madtsoiidae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Coniophis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Aniliidae : Coniophis56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

References

Sudre J., Jaeger J.-J., et al (1993) Nouvelles donnes sur les Condylarthres du Thanetien et de l'Ypresien du bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc) [New data about the Thanetian and Ypresian Condylarthres of Ouarzazate basin (Morocco)], Geobios 26 5, 609-615
Gheerbrant E., Sudre J., et al (1998) Nouvelles données sur les mammifères du Thanétien et de l'Yprésien du bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc) et leur contexte stratigraphique, Palaeovertebrata 27 3-4, 155-202
Augé M., Rage J.-C. (2006) Herpetofaunas from the Upper Paleocene and Lower Eocene of Morocco, Annales de Paléontologie 92 3, 235-253 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2005.09.001
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