Tilougguit Formation

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]

Tilougguit Formation
Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesGuettioua & El Mers Formations
OverliesBin El Ouidane Formation
Lithology
PrimaryMarl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates32.1°N 6.5°W / 32.1; -6.5
Approximate paleocoordinates28.1°N 4.5°W / 28.1; -4.5
RegionAzilal
Country Morocco
ExtentHigh Atlas
Type section
Named forTilougguite
Tilougguit Formation is located in Morocco
Tilougguit Formation
Tilougguit Formation (Morocco)

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.; 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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