Dating the “red beds” of the Eastern Moroccan High Plateaus: Evidence from late Late Cretaceous charophytes and dinosaur eggshells - 30/10/13
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A new locality in the poorly known “red beds” of Tendrara (High Plateaus, Morocco) has yielded four charophytes species (Feistiella anluensis, Lamprothamnium stipitatum, Peckisphaera portezueloensis, Platychara caudata) and dinosaur eggshells (Pseudomegaloolithus atlasi). These red beds, which overly the Cenomanian-Turonian marine deposits, generally assigned to “Senonian” based on geometric position, are directly dated by these fossils: the charophytes species and dinosaur oospecies association indicates a Campano-Maastrichtian or Maastrichtian age for these calm floodplain deposits.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Red beds, Moroccan High Plateaus, Charophytes, Dinosaur eggshells, Campanian-Maastrichtian
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| ☆ | Corresponding editor: Gilles Escarguel. |
Vol 46 - N° 5
P. 371-379 - septembre 2013 Retour au numéro
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