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Geological Magazine; September 2000; v. 137; no. 5; p. 583-591
© 2000 Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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A new Palaeocene albulid (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphatic basin, Morocco

LIONEL CAVIN*,1, NATHALIE BARDET{dagger}, HENRI CAPPETTA{ddagger}, EMMANUEL GHEERBRANT{dagger}, SIDI MOHAMED IAROCHENE§ and JEAN SUDRE{ddagger}

* GIS "PalSédCo" (Toulouse-Espéraza), Musée des Dinosaures, 11260 Espéraza, France
{dagger} Laboratoire de Paléontologie, URA 12 du CNRS, Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
{ddagger} Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 4 Place Bataillon, 34000 Montpellier, France
§ Collections paléontologiques du Service Géologique du Maroc (CPSGM), Direction de la Géologie, Ministère de l’Energie et des Mines, BP 6208, Rabat Instituts, Morocco

* Author for correspondence: lionel.cavin{at}dinosauria.org

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.






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