Tilougguit Formation

Tilougguit Formation
Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian ~168–166  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Guettioua & El Mers Formations
Overlies	Bin El Ouidane Formation
Lithology
Primary	Marl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	32°06′N6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W / 32.1; -6.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	28°06′N4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W / 28.1; -4.5
Region	Azilal
Country	Morocco
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

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.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN   0-520-24209-2 . Retrieved 2019-02-21.

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