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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Fossil Hexagonaria Coral Morocco (Probably west Sahara) Devonian age (359-419 Million years ago) Hexagonaria is a genus of colonial rugose coral. Fossils are found in rock formations dating to the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago. Specimens of Hexagonaria can be found in most of the rock formations of the Traverse Group in Michigan. Fossils of this genus form Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Stauriida Family: Disphyllidae Subfamily: Hexagonariinae Genus: †Hexagonaria -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Fossil Hexagonaria Coral Morocco (Probably west Sahara) Devonian age (359-419 Million years ago) Hexagonaria is a genus of colonial rugose coral. Fossils are found in rock formations dating to the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago. Specimens of Hexagonaria can be found in most of the rock formations of the Traverse Group in Michigan. Fossils of this genus form Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Anthozoa Order: Stauriida Family: Disphyllidae Subfamily: Hexagonariinae Genus: †Hexagonaria -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Squalicorax pristodontus tooth Morocco Cretaceous Period (65 - 146 Million years ago) Squalicorax is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. These sharks are of medium size, up to 5 m (usually around 2 m) in length. Their bodies were similar to the modern gray sharks, but the shape of the teeth is strikingly similar to that of a tiger shark. The teeth are numerous, relatively small, with a curved crown and serrated, up to 2.5 – 3 cm in height (the only representative of the Mesozoic Lamniformes with serrated teeth). Large numbers of fossil teeth have been found in Europe, North Africa, and North America. Squalicorax was a coastal predator, but also scavenged as evidenced by a Squalicorax tooth found embedded in the metatarsal (foot) bone of a terrestrial hadrosaurid dinosaur that most likely died on land and ended up in the water. Other food sources included turtles, mosasaurs, ichthyodectes, and other bony fishes and sea creatures. Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz, 1843) is the largest species, more than 5 m long. From the size of its largest known teeth, it can be estimated that S. pristodontus grew to 5 m (16.5 ft) in length. It lived during the late Campanian to early Maastrichtian of North America, France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Morocco, and Madagascar. The relatively complete remains (vertebrae and fragments of jaws) have been found in marine sediments in North America. It is the species with the largest teeth, these teeth being loosely spaced and relatively very large in comparison with other species. In this genus of sharks studies have shown no precise correlation between the size of the teeth and the length of the body. They could eat relatively large prey and carrion. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Anacoracidae Genus: †Squalicorax Species: †pristodontus -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Squalicorax pristodontus tooth Morocco Cretaceous Period (65 - 146 Million years ago) Squalicorax is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. These sharks are of medium size, up to 5 m (usually around 2 m) in length. Their bodies were similar to the modern gray sharks, but the shape of the teeth is strikingly similar to that of a tiger shark. The teeth are numerous, relatively small, with a curved crown and serrated, up to 2.5 – 3 cm in height (the only representative of the Mesozoic Lamniformes with serrated teeth). Large numbers of fossil teeth have been found in Europe, North Africa, and North America. Squalicorax was a coastal predator, but also scavenged as evidenced by a Squalicorax tooth found embedded in the metatarsal (foot) bone of a terrestrial hadrosaurid dinosaur that most likely died on land and ended up in the water. Other food sources included turtles, mosasaurs, ichthyodectes, and other bony fishes and sea creatures. Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz, 1843) is the largest species, more than 5 m long. From the size of its largest known teeth, it can be estimated that S. pristodontus grew to 5 m (16.5 ft) in length. It lived during the late Campanian to early Maastrichtian of North America, France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Morocco, and Madagascar. The relatively complete remains (vertebrae and fragments of jaws) have been found in marine sediments in North America. It is the species with the largest teeth, these teeth being loosely spaced and relatively very large in comparison with other species. In this genus of sharks studies have shown no precise correlation between the size of the teeth and the length of the body. They could eat relatively large prey and carrion. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Anacoracidae Genus: †Squalicorax Species: †pristodontus -
The thecae are more closely packed and shorter than in the similar Paradelograptus. Useful paper, with graptolite illustrations (Fig. 5), here: The Lower Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte from Morocco
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Palaeocarcharodon orientalis tooth Oued Zem, Morocco Paleocene (61.7 to 55.8 Million Years Ago) Palaeocarcharodon, also known as the pygmy white shark, is a genus of sharks in the family Cretoxyrhinidae. Palaeocarcharodon orientalis is the only species of this genus. These sharks lived in the Paleocene, from 61.7 to 55.8 Ma. Teeth of Palaeocarcharodon are triangular, labio-lingually compressed, with quite irregular serrations and serrate lateral cusplets. They can reach a size of about 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in.) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Cretoxyrhinidae Genus: †Palaeocarcharodon Species: †orientalis -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Palaeocarcharodon orientalis tooth Oued Zem, Morocco Paleocene (61.7 to 55.8 Million Years Ago) Palaeocarcharodon, also known as the pygmy white shark, is a genus of sharks in the family Cretoxyrhinidae. Palaeocarcharodon orientalis is the only species of this genus. These sharks lived in the Paleocene, from 61.7 to 55.8 Ma. Teeth of Palaeocarcharodon are triangular, labio-lingually compressed, with quite irregular serrations and serrate lateral cusplets. They can reach a size of about 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in.) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Cretoxyrhinidae Genus: †Palaeocarcharodon Species: †orientalis -
In the Berber language, Garsif means confluent. It is built at the confluence of three rivers. This little marvel is considered as the capital of the olive production.
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From the album: Trilobites
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From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
S. furficerum trilobite eye through microscope. -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
From the album: Scabriscutellum furficerum Trilobite
Middle Devonian Trilobite. Uncovering Location: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Ofaten, Morocco. Dimensions: 6.0 cm * 3.1 cm -
Purchased from @RJB in auction to benefit TFF.
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Quite a large specimen even for this quite big species. The length given is of the animal along the centre of its back, not the diameter.
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Double on matrix
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From the album: Trilobites
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From the album: Vertebrates
Amioidea non det Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian / Turonian Akrabou Formation Gara es Sbâa Agoult Morocco -
From the album: Reptile Fossils
Siroccopteryx moroccensis Mader & Kellner, 1999 A tooth of a Anhanguerid Pterosaur. Location: Kem Kem beds, Morocco Age: Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous© Olof Moleman
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From the album: Unusual Shark Teeth
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