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The Akrabou formation is a Lägerstatte formation in Morroco dating to the Upper Creatceous period[1]
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Lepisosteidae indet.[1]
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Asfla fossil mines on the escarpment of Assemer N'Tadirhoust (Fig. 1), 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla
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FSAC-ASF 10 articulated squamation from the abdominal region[1]
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A Gar fish
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| Anomoeodus
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Anomoeodus subclavatus[2]
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Twenty specimens: AK-PYC 6―11, 13, 14, 16―24
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A Pycnodont fish
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| Anomoeodus
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Anomoeodus indet.[2]
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Asfla fossil mines on the escarpment,Assemer N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla, Errachidia province, south-eastern Morocco
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AK-PYC 6, large complete vomer,AK-PYC 8 and 12,left prearticulars,AK-PYC 7, 9, 10, 11, right prearticulars,Complete vomer – AK-PYC 14,incomplete vomer AK-PYC 13,Prearticular – AK-PYC 16-24.
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2 different species
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Paranursallia cavini[2]
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Asfla fossil mines, escarpment of Assemer N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla, Errachidia province, south-eastern Morocco.
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AK-PYC 4, isolated left particular with complete dental pavement, Referred specimen. AK-PYC 1, complete vomer with ascending process preserved
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A Nurasalline Pycnodont
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| Neomesturus
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Neomesturus asflaensis[2]
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Asfla fossil mines, Asseme N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of Asfla, Errachidia province, south-east Morocco.
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AK-PYC 3, Isolated vomer with complete dental series and ascending process.
Referred specimen, AK-PYC 2, isolated vomer with an incomplete dental series
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A possible Nurasalline Pycnodont
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| Haimirichia
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H.amonensis[3]
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Konservat Lagerstätte of Agoult (south-eastern Morocco)
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the anterior part of an articulated skeleton including the cephalic and branchial regions, anterior vertebrae and one pectoral fin.
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A Lamniform shark
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| Pleuropholis
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P. danielae[4]
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Agoult locality, southeastern Morocco
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Complete flattened specimen preserved in left lateral view.
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A Pleuropholid fish
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- ^ a b c Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M.; Beevor, Thomas; Gunn, James (September 2021). "A large marine gar fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from the Turonian Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 125: 104839. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12504839C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104839.
- ^ a b c d Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M. (December 2020). "Pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 116: 104607. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11604607C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104607. PMC 7442934. PMID 32863512.
- ^ Vullo, Romain; Guinot, Guillaume; Barbe, Gérard (2016-12-01). "The first articulated specimen of the Cretaceous mackerel shark Haimirichia amonensis gen. nov. (Haimirichiidae fam. nov.) reveals a novel ecomorphological adaptation within the Lamniformes (Elasmobranchii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (12): 1003–1024. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1137983. ISSN 1477-2019.
- ^ Brito, Paulo M.; Vullo, Romain (2023-04-06). "A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105500. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500.
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