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DOI	10.3897/zookeys.928.47517
	Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco
	Ibrahim, Nizar 1; Sereno, Paul C.2; Varricchio, David J.3; Martill, David M.4; Dutheil, Didier B.5; Unwin, David M.6; Baidder, Lahssen 7; Larsson, Hans C. E.8; Zouhri, Samir 9; Kaoukaya, Abdelhadi 7
通讯作者	Ibrahim, Nizar ; Sereno, Paul C.
来源期刊	ZOOKEYS
ISSN	1313-2989
EISSN	1313-2970
出版年	2020
期号	928 页码:1-216
英文摘要	The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to as the Kem Kem beds, are reviewed. These strata are recognized here as the Kem Kem Group, which is composed of the lower Gara Sbaa and upper Douira formations. Both formations have yielded a similar fossil vertebrate assemblage of predominantly isolated elements pertaining to cartilaginous and bony fishes, turtles, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs, as well as invertebrate, plant, and trace fossils. These fossils, now in collections around the world, are reviewed and tabulated. The Kem Kem vertebrate fauna is biased toward large-bodied carnivores including at least four large-bodied non-avian theropods (an abelisaurid, Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Deltadromeus), several large-bodied pterosaurs, and several large crocodyliforms. No comparable modern terrestrial ecosystem exists with similar bias toward large-bodied carnivores. The Kem Kem vertebrate assemblage, currently the best documented association just prior to the onset of the Cenomanian-Turonian marine transgression, captures the taxonomic diversity of a widespread northern African fauna better than any other contemporary assemblage from elsewhere in Africa.
英文关键词	Africa Cretaceous dinosaur Gara Sbaa Formation Douira Formation paleoenvironment vertebrate
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; England ; France ; Morocco ; Canada
开放获取类型	Green Published, Green Submitted, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000527796900001
WOS关键词	CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY ; SIDE-NECKED TURTLES ; CONTINENTAL INTERCALAIRE ; SOUTHEASTERN MOROCCO ; ANTI-ATLAS ; TITANOSAURIAN DINOSAURIA ; THEROPOD DINOSAUR ; TAFILALT BASIN ; WESTERN DESERT ; NATIONAL-PARK
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/315754
作者单位	1.Univ Detroit Mercy, Dept Biol, Detroit, MI 48221 USA; 2.Univ Chicago, Dept Organismal Biol & Anat, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 3.Montana State Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA; 4.Univ Portsmouth, Sch Environm Geog & Geol Sci, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, Hants, England; 5.UPMC, Ctr Rech Paleobiodiversite & Paleoenvironm, UMR7207, CNRS,MNHN, F-75005 Paris, France; 6.Univ Leicester, Sch Museum Studies, Leicester LE1 7RF, Leics, England; 7.Univ Hassan 2, Lab Geosci, Dept Geol, Fac Sci Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco; 8.McGill Univ, Redpath Museum, Montreal, PQ H3A 0C4, Canada; 9.Univ Hassan 2, Fac Sci Ain Chock, Lab Biodiversite Sante, Casablanca, Morocco
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ibrahim, Nizar,Sereno, Paul C.,Varricchio, David J.,et al. Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco[J],2020(928):1-216.
APA	Ibrahim, Nizar.,Sereno, Paul C..,Varricchio, David J..,Martill, David M..,Dutheil, Didier B..,...&Kaoukaya, Abdelhadi.(2020).Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco.ZOOKEYS(928),1-216.
MLA	Ibrahim, Nizar,et al."Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco".ZOOKEYS .928(2020):1-216.