A new Plattenkalk Konservat Lagerstätte in the Upper Cretaceous of Gara Sbaa, south-eastern Morocco

David M. Martill; Nizar Ibrahim; Paulo M. Brito; Lahssen Baider; Samir Zhouri; Bob Loveridge; Darren Naish; Richard Hing

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.01.005

A new Plattenkalk Konservat Lagerstätte in the Upper Cretaceous of Gara Sbaa, south-eastern Morocco

David M. Martill, Nizar Ibrahim, Paulo M. Brito, Lahssen Baider, Samir Zhouri, Bob Loveridge, Darren Naish, Richard Hing

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Laminated, dolomitised marine limestones within a transgressive fluvio-lagoonal-carbonate platform sequence at Gara Sbaa in the Kem Kem region of south eastern Morocco yield well preserved marine fishes and crustaceans. A rarer terrestrial component includes delicate fern fronds, insects and a lizard. Sedimentological structures and stratigraphic context indicate initial shallow waters with in a carbonate lagoon with benthic microbial mats followed by deepening. High precision dating has yet to be accomplished, but a Late Cenomanian or Early Turonian age is indicated on the basis of faunal and sequence-stratigraphic considerations. The fish assemblage has affinities with mid-Cretaceous ichthyofaunas in South America and Lebanon, including taxa in common at generic level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	433-446
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2011.01.005
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011

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A new Plattenkalk Konservat Lagerstätte in the Upper Cretaceous of Gara Sbaa, south-eastern Morocco

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