Earth:Tilougguit Formation
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| Tilougguit Formation Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian ~168–166 Ma | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 28°06′N 4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W |
| Region | Azilal |
| 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
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
- 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". Geodiversitas 30 (2): 345–424. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2008n2a5.pdf.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. 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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