Draft:Akrabou formation

Akrabou Formation
Akrabou Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian to Turonian
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Morocco

The Akrabou formation is a Lägerstatte formation in Morroco dating to the Upper Creatceous period^[1]

Fossil content

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Name	Species	Locality	Material	Notes
	Lepisosteidae indet.^[1]	Asfla fossil mines on the escarpment of Assemer N'Tadirhoust (Fig. 1), 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla	FSAC-ASF 10 articulated squamation from the abdominal region^[1]	A Gar fish
Anomoeodus	Anomoeodus subclavatus^[2]		Twenty specimens: AK-PYC 6―11, 13, 14, 16―24	A Pycnodont fish
Anomoeodus	Anomoeodus indet.^[2]	Asfla fossil mines on the escarpment,Assemer N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla, Errachidia province, south-eastern Morocco	AK-PYC 6, large complete vomer,AK-PYC 8 and 12,left prearticulars,AK-PYC 7, 9, 10, 11, right prearticulars,Complete vomer – AK-PYC 14,incomplete vomer AK-PYC 13,Prearticular – AK-PYC 16-24.	2 different species
Paranursallia	Paranursallia cavini^[2]	Asfla fossil mines, escarpment of Assemer N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of the oasis village Asfla, Errachidia province, south-eastern Morocco.	AK-PYC 4, isolated left particular with complete dental pavement, Referred specimen. AK-PYC 1, complete vomer with ascending process preserved	A Nurasalline Pycnodont
Neomesturus	Neomesturus asflaensis^[2]	Asfla fossil mines, Asseme N'Tadirhoust, 4 km south-east of Asfla, Errachidia province, south-east Morocco.	AK-PYC 3, Isolated vomer with complete dental series and ascending process. Referred specimen, AK-PYC 2, isolated vomer with an incomplete dental series	A possible Nurasalline Pycnodont
Haimirichia	H.amonensis^[3]	Konservat Lagerstätte of Agoult (south-eastern Morocco)	the anterior part of an articulated skeleton including the cephalic and branchial regions, anterior vertebrae and one pectoral fin.	A Lamniform shark
Pleuropholis	P. danielae^[4]	Agoult locality, southeastern Morocco	Complete flattened specimen preserved in left lateral view.	A Pleuropholid fish

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M.; Beevor, Thomas; Gunn, James (September 2021). "A large marine gar fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from the Turonian Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 125: 104839. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12504839C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104839.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M. (December 2020). "Pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 116: 104607. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11604607C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104607. PMC 7442934. PMID 32863512.
^ Vullo, Romain; Guinot, Guillaume; Barbe, Gérard (2016-12-01). "The first articulated specimen of the Cretaceous mackerel shark Haimirichia amonensis gen. nov. (Haimirichiidae fam. nov.) reveals a novel ecomorphological adaptation within the Lamniformes (Elasmobranchii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (12): 1003–1024. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1137983. ISSN 1477-2019.
^ Brito, Paulo M.; Vullo, Romain (2023-04-06). "A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105500. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500.

[:0-1] Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M.; Beevor, Thomas; Gunn, James (September 2021). "A large marine gar fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from the Turonian Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 125: 104839. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12504839C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104839.

[:1-2] Cooper, Samuel L.A.; Martill, David M. (December 2020). "Pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 116: 104607. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11604607C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104607. PMC 7442934. PMID 32863512.

[3] Vullo, Romain; Guinot, Guillaume; Barbe, Gérard (2016-12-01). "The first articulated specimen of the Cretaceous mackerel shark Haimirichia amonensis gen. nov. (Haimirichiidae fam. nov.) reveals a novel ecomorphological adaptation within the Lamniformes (Elasmobranchii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (12): 1003–1024. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1137983. ISSN 1477-2019.

[4] Brito, Paulo M.; Vullo, Romain (2023-04-06). "A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105500. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500.

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