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Kem Kem Beds

Kem Kem Beds
Type Geological formation
Age Albian-Cenomanian[1]
Lithology
Location
Region Africa
Country Morocco

Algeria


The Kem Kem Beds (also referred to by various other names including the Continental Red Beds and Continental intercalaire[2]) is a geological formation in Morocco and Algeria whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofaunaEdit

Dinosaurs of the Continental Red Beds
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  1. "(including cf. Majungasaurus sp.)"[1]

Genus:

  1. C. sharicus[1]
  2. Carcharodontosaurus sp.[1]
  3. Possible Carcharodontosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  2. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  3. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]

Genus:

  1. K. auditorei
  1. An isolated caudal vertebra, belonging to a neotheropod.

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  1. "(= Titanosauridae indet.)"[1]

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  1. "(including Rebbachisaurus sp.)"[1]

Genus:

  1. S. brevicolis[1]
  2. Sigilmassasaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  2. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]

Genus:

  1. S. maroccanus[1]
  2. Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus[1]
  3. Spinosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  2. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  3. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]

Suborder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Province De Ksar-es-Souk, Morocco.[1]
  1. "(including cf. Elaphrosaurus sp.)"[1]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 604-605. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ Michard, A. (2008). Continental evolution: the geology of Morocco : structure, stratigraphy, and tectonics of the Africa-Atlantic-Mediterranean Triple junction. Published by Springer, 2008. 424 pages. ISBN 3540770755, 9783540770756


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