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Akrabou, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Formation	Akrabou
Member(s)	Gara Sbaa
Age:	93.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Early Turonian
Lithology	limestone, lime mudstone, "carbonate"
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	10

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
North of Goulmima	Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Akrabou
Agoultichthys type locality	Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Akrabou
Goulmima Cretaceous	Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Akrabou

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Acanthomorphata unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acanthomorphata	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Errachidia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : *Errachidia*	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Homalopagus multispinosus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Homalopagus : *Homalopagus multispinosus*	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Magrebichthys nelsoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Polymixiiformes : Pycnosteroididae : Magrebichthys : *Magrebichthys nelsoni*	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Agoultichthys chattertoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Macrosemiidae : Agoultichthys : *Agoultichthys chattertoni*	145 - 66 Ma Cretaceous
Tingitanius tenuimandibulus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Platyrhinidae : Tingitanius : *Tingitanius tenuimandibulus*	113 - 93.9 Ma Cretaceous
Libonectes morgani species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Elasmosauridae : Libonectes : *Libonectes morgani*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Manemergus anguirostris species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Polycotylidae : Manemergus : *Manemergus anguirostris*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Thililua longicollis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Polycotylidae : Thililua : *Thililua longicollis*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tethysaurus nopcsai species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Tethysaurus : *Tethysaurus nopcsai*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Bardet N., Pereda Suberbiola X., et al (2003) A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco, Comptes Rendus Palevol 2, 307-315

Bardet N., Pereda Suberbiola X., et al (2003) A new mosasauroid (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco, Comptes Rendus Palevol 2, 607-616

Buchy M. -C., Métayer F., et al (2005) Osteology of Manemergus anguirostris n. gen. et sp., a new plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272, 97-120

Buchy M.-C. (2005) An elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco, Carolinea 63, 5-28

Murray A. M., Wilson M. V. H. (2009) A new Late Cretaceous macrosemiid fish (Neopterygii, Halecostomi) from Morocco, with temporal and geographical range extensions for the family, Palaeontology 52 2, 429-440

Claeson K. M., Underwood C. J., et al (2013) †Tingitanius enuimandibulus, a New Platyrhinid Batoid from the Turonian (Cretaceous) of Morocco and the Cretaceous Radiation of the Platyrhinidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5, 1019-1036 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.767266

Murray A. M., Wilson M. V. H. (2014) Four new basal acanthomorph fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 34-48 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.791693

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