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Aoufous, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

FormationAoufous
Age:99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Cenomanian
Lithologysandstone, claystone, mudstone/siltstone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences38

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Er RemliaErrachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoAoufous
OT1aTinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoAoufous
Just south of AoufousErrachidia Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoAoufous

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Ifezouane99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
claystone, sandstone83

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Decapoda
order
4Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amiidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elasmobranchii
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lissodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lissodus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Serratolamna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Serratolamna99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peyeria libyca
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : Peyeria : Peyeria libyca99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Marckgrafia libyca
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : Marckgrafia : Marckgrafia libyca99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polypteridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Polypteriformes : Polypteridae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mawsonia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Mawsonia99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anura
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Oumtkoutia anae
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Pipidae : Oumtkoutia : Oumtkoutia anae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kababisha sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Sirenidae : Kababisha99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : Ceratodus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sarcosuchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Sarcosuchus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Simoliophis libycus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Pachyophiidae : Simoliophis : Simoliophis libycus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Madtsoiidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Madtsoiidae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nigerophiidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Nigerophiidae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Norisophis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Norisophis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Serpentes
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Serpentes99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Carcharodontosauridae : Carcharodontosaurus : Carcharodontosaurus saharicus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Deltadromeus agilis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Deltadromeus : Deltadromeus agilis99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanosauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauria99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rebbachisaurus garasbae
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Rebbachisauridae : Rebbachisaurus : Rebbachisaurus garasbae99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Spinosauridae : Spinosaurus : Spinosaurus aegyptiacus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodonte sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Pycnodonte99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Sereno P. C., Dutheil D. B., et al (1996) Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation, Science 272, 986-991
Rage J.-C., Dutheil D. (2008) Amphibians and squamates from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 285, 1-22
Klein C. G., Longrich N. R., et al (2017) A new basal snake from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco, Cretaceous Research doi:10.1016/ j.cretres.2016.12.001
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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