Tilougguit Formation

Tilougguit Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Bathonian
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Type Geological formation
Underlies Guettioua & El Mers Formations
Overlies Bin El Ouidane Formation
Lithology
Primary Marl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates 32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W / 32.1; -6.5Coordinates: 32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W / 32.1; -6.5
Approximate paleocoordinates 28°06′N 4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W / 28.1; -4.5
Region Azilal
Country  Morocco
Extent High Atlas

The Tilougguit Formation, also known as the Tillouguit Formation, is an Early Bathonian geologic formation in Morocco. An indeterminate sauropod is known from the formation [1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Allain, Ronan; Aquesbi, Najat (2008). "Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 30 (2): 345–424.

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. Bourcart, A. F. d. Lapparent, and H. Termier. 1942. Un nouveau gisement de Dinosauriens jurassiques au Maroc [A new locality with Jurassic dinosaurs in Morocco]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 214:120-122
  • J. Jenny, A. Le Marrec, and M. Monbaron. 1981. Les empreintes de pas de dinosauriens dans le Jurassique moyen du Haut Atlas central (Maroc): nouveaux gisements et precisions stratigraphiques. Géobios 14(3):427-431
  • S. Jouve, B. Mennecart, J. Douteau and N.-E. Jalil. 2016. The oldest durophagous teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the lower Bathonian of central High Atlas, Morocco. Palaeontology
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