Anoual
Description
Source: Wikipédia
The Anoual Formation is a geological formation in the High Atlas of Morocco. It is early Bathonian in age. It consists of two members. The lower member is several hundred metres thick, and consists largely of mudstone with lens beds of cross bedded sandstone, with thin intercalations of limestone that was deposited in a freshwater continental setting, likely lacustrine or palustrine, with small marine influences. The upper member is several tens of metres thick and consists of limestone deposited in a shallow marine setting. The formation is fossiliferous, with several of the limestone intercalations yielding a diverse fauna, including amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals.
Découvertes
Source: The Paleobiology Database
Site(s) correspondant(s) à cette formation: 1
Guelb el Ahmar, GEA 2 : Figuig - Anoual Syncline area 57820 GEA sites in general located on northern rim of eastern High Atlas Mts, about 7km NNE of Anoual city. GEA 2 located 1km SSW from GEA 1.
Publication(s)
La base comprend 1 publication(s).
Source: The Paleobiology Database
- ↑1 2 H. Haddoumi, R. Allain, and S. Meslouh, G. Metais, M. Monbaron, D. Pons, J.-C. Rage, R. Vullo, S. Zouhri, E. Gheerbrant. 2016. Guelb el Ahmar (Bathonian, Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco): first continental flora and fauna including mammals from the Middle Jurassic of Africa. Gondwana Research 29:290-319 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.12.004)