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A new Palaeocene albulid (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphatic basin, Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2000

LIONEL CAVIN ,
NATHALIE BARDET ,
HENRI CAPPETTA ,
EMMANUEL GHEERBRANT ,
SIDI MOHAMED IAROCHENE  and
JEAN SUDRE
LIONEL CAVIN
Affiliation:
GIS “PalSédCo” (Toulouse-Espéraza), Musée des Dinosaures, 11260 Espéraza, France
NATHALIE BARDET
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, URA 12 du CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
HENRI CAPPETTA
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 4 Place Bataillon, 34000 Montpellier, France
EMMANUEL GHEERBRANT
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, URA 12 du CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
SIDI MOHAMED IAROCHENE
Affiliation:
Collections paléontologiques du Service Géologique du Maroc (CPSGM), Direction de la Géologie, Ministère de l'Energie et des Mines, BP 6208, Rabat Instituts, Morocco
JEAN SUDRE
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 4 Place Bataillon, 34000 Montpellier, France
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Abstract

A new albulid fish, Phosphonatator oxyrhynchus, based on a single large neurocranium, is described from the deposits of the Ouled Abdoun phosphatic basin, Morocco. The matrix of the fossil contains an elasmobranch assemblage indicating a Danian age (with some redeposited Maastrichtian elements). P. oxyrhynchus is characterized notably by its elongated snout and by a reduced patch of teeth on the parasphenoid. Up to now, fossil fishes from the Ouled Abdoun phosphatic basin were mainly known by isolated remains, and the recovery of this specimen should be ranked equal to the recent discovery of important, very well-preserved new material of vertebrates in the Sidi Daoui area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 137 , Issue 5 , September 2000 , pp. 583 - 591
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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