Tilougguit Formation
Tilougguit Formation Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Guettioua & El Mers Formations |
Overlies | |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marl, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°WCoordinates: 32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 28°06′N 4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W |
Region | Azilal |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | High Atlas |
Type section | |
Named for | Tilougguite |
![]() ![]() Tilougguit Formation (Morocco) |
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[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Geology of Morocco
References[]
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
- ^ 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[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Morocco
- Jurassic System of Africa
- Jurassic Morocco
- Bathonian Stage
- Marl formations
- Sandstone formations
- Deltaic deposits
- Fluvial deposits
- Azilal Province