Jurassicz1 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I'm making a collection of fossils from khouribga morocco and im buying from multiple sellers. But the problem is they have different information. So like some say its from khouribga, Oulad abdoun basin, Oud zem, Gebirge. So lm not sure what location to write down. And then age some say cretaceous, Eocene, Paleocene are all these ages in the same locaiton/basin? And if so how do i know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 The Oulad Abdoun Basin is a large area see photo from Wiki where fossils can be found. So it depends where the material was collected. Khouribga is the go to location used by many. The age of this basin is from late Cretaceous to Eocene so again it depends where the specimen was found and what it is. If Mosasaur it's Maastrichtian. Sellers also call these the phosphate beds but there is no consistency among them in how to address locality since its a large area and locality information is very problematic. I call it Ouled Abdoun basin if I do not have a specific locality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Sidi Chennane area is Maastrichtian with dinosaur discoveries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassicz1 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 35 minutes ago, Troodon said: The Oulad Abdoun Basin is a large area see photo from Wiki where fossils can be found. So it depends where the material was collected. Khouribga is the go to location used by many. The age of this basin is from late Cretaceous to Eocene so again it depends where the specimen was found and what it is. If Mosasaur it's Maastrichtian. Sellers also call these the phosphate beds but there is no consistency among them in how to address locality since its a large area and locality information is very problematic. I call it Ouled Abdoun basin if I do not have a specific locality. Thanks for the answer! I will go with oulad abdoun basin. Is all the cretaceous there maastrichtian? And is there any good sites/pdfs that show different fossils and the age/species of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 To the best of my knowledge its all Maastrichtian. Earlier deposits are in the Kem Kem deposits. Here is a big publication in French and some English that looks at Morocco. Page 351 covers the phosphate beds. Most others that I've seen the Abelisaurid that was described from there. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331355207_Paleontologie_des_vertebres_du_Maroc_etat_des_connaissances The wiki page covers the paleobiota cannot confirm accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouled_Abdoun_Basin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 For further discussion on the phosphate deposits of Morocco, check this out (page 4): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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