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Kem Kem Beds | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian[1] | |
Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Country | Morocco Algeria |
The Kem Kem Beds (also referred to by various other names including the Continental Red Beds and Continental intercalaire[2]) is a geological formation in Morocco and Algeria whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Crocodylomorphs
Crocodylomorphs reported from the Continental Red Beds | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Aegisuchus witmeri |
"Partial braincase of a large individual with skull roof, temporal, and occipital regions."[3] |
An aegyptosuchid. |
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Araripesuchus rattoides |
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Elosuchus cherifiensis |
An Elosuchid. | |||||
Hamadasuchus rebouli |
A Peirosaurid. | |||||
K. auditorei |
Errachidia Province, Morocco[4] |
Known from an isolated caudal vertebra.[4] |
Initially thought to be a neotheropod[4], but subsequently discovered to be a crocodyliform.[5] | |||
Laganosuchus maghrebensisis |
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate lithostrotian remains once misattributed to the titanosauridae are present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs reported from the Continental Red Beds | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
C. saharicus[1] |
Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] | |||||
Carcharodontosauridae indet.[6] |
Indeterminate |
"An isolated and almost complete left frontal."[6] |
A carcharodontosaurid distinct from Carcharodontosaurus. | |||
B. nougaredi |
"Sacrum [and] forelimb elements."[7] |
Actually an unnamed brachiosaurid. | ||||
D. agilis |
"Partial skeleton, isolated limb elements."[8] |
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Dromaeosauridae indet.[9] |
Indeterminate |
Isolated teeth.[9] |
An indeterminate dromaeosaurid. | |||
cf. Elaphrosaurus |
Indeterminate |
Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] |
Fossils previously referred to cf. Elaphrosaurus are actually indeterminate theropod remains. | |||
I. tedreftensis |
"Vertebrae."[10] |
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cf. Majungasaurus | Indeterminate | Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] | Misidentified remains of an indeterminate abelisaurid. | |||
Indeterminate |
Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] | Misidentified indeterminate sauropod remains. | ||||
Sigilmassasaurus[1] | S. brevicolis[1] | Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] | "Cervical vertebrae."[11] | |||
Spinosaurus[1] |
Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus[1] |
Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] | ||||
S. maroccanus[1] |
Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1] |
"Cervical vertebrae, dentary fragments," and a "dorsal neural arch."[12] |
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Kem Kem Beds | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
A. saharica[13] |
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C. moroccensis[13] |
Turtles
Turtles reported from the Continental Red Beds | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
Dirqadim schaefferi |
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Galianemys emringeri |
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Hamadachelys escuilliei |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604-605. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Michard, A. (2008). Continental evolution: the geology of Morocco : structure, stratigraphy, and tectonics of the Africa-Atlantic-Mediterranean Triple junction. Published by Springer, 2008. 424 pages. ISBN 3-540-77075-5, ISBN 978-3-540-77075-6
- ^ Casey M. Holliday and Nicholas M. Gardner (2012). "A New Eusuchian Crocodyliform with Novel Cranial Integument and Its Significance for the Origin and Evolution of Crocodylia". PLoS ONE. 7 (1): e30471. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...7E0471H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030471. PMC 3269432. PMID 22303441.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b c Cau, Andrea; Maganuco, Simone (2009). "A new theropod dinosaur, represented by a single unusual caudal vertebra from the Kem Kem Beds (Cretaceous) of Morocco". Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano 150 (II): 239–257.
- ^ Lio, G., Agnolin, F., Cau, A. and Maganuco, S. (2012). "Crocodyliform affinities for Kemkemia auditorei Cau and Maganuco, 2009, from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco." Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, 153 (I), s. 119–126.
- ^ a b Andrea Cau, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia and Matteo Fabbri (2012). "Evidence of a new carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 661–665. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0043.
- ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 267.
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.
- ^ a b Ute Richter, Alexander Mudroch and Lisa G. Buckley (2012). "Isolated theropod teeth from the Kem Kem Beds (Early Cenomanian) near Taouz, Morocco". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0153-1.
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 74.
- ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
- ^ a b c d Ibrahim, N.; Unwin, D.M.; Martill, D.M.; Baidder, L.; Zouhri, S. (2010). "A New Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco". PLoS ONE. 5 (5): e10875. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510875I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010875. PMC 2877115. PMID 20520782.
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