Aganane Formation

Aganane Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian
Type Geological formation
Unit of High Atlas
Overlies Imi-n-Ifri Formation
Lithology
Primary Limestone, dolomite
Location
Coordinates 31°36′N 6°24′W / 31.6°N 6.4°W / 31.6; -6.4Coordinates: 31°36′N 6°24′W / 31.6°N 6.4°W / 31.6; -6.4
Approximate paleocoordinates 25°54′N 4°18′W / 25.9°N 4.3°W / 25.9; -4.3
Region Azilal
Country  Morocco

The Aganane Formation is a Pliensbachian geologic formation in Morocco. Fossil stegosaur and theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Ishigaki, Shinobu; Lockley, Martin G. (March 2010). "Didactyl, tridactyl and tetradactyl theropod trackways from the Lower Jurassic of Morocco: evidence of limping, labouring and other irregular gaits". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 100–108. doi:10.1080/08912961003789867. ISSN 0891-2963.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Further reading

  • J. Jenny and J.-A. Jossen. 1982. Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Jurassique inférieur (Pliensbachien) du Haut-Atlas central (Maroc) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of the central High Atlas (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 294:223-226
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