A new Cenomanian ichthyofauna from southeastern Morocco and its relationships with other early Late Cretaceous Moroccan faunas |
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| Authors: | Cavin Lionel Dutheil Didier B |
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| Institution: | (1) Musée des Dinosaures, F-11260 Espéraza, France, e-mail;(2) Laboratoire de Paléontologie (EPHE), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France, e-mail |
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| Abstract: | A new ichthyofauna from southeastern Morocco, comprising five forms, is briefly discussed. The faunal composition differs from the Early Cenomanian Kem Kem and Early Turonian Goulmima assemblages, but is close to that from Jebel Tselfat. We propose a Late Cenomanian age for the new fauna and that from Jebel Tselfat. The evolution of these fish assemblages shows the Moroccan fish faunas to have been related to those from South America until at least the Early Turonian. Central Tethyan influence on faunas seems to have been restricted to a short period of time during the beginning of the Late Cenomanian transgressive phase. |
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| Keywords: | Actinopterygii ichthyofauna palaeogeography Late Cretaceous Morocco |
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