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Anoual Formation, the Glossary

49 relations: Albanerpetontidae, Alocodon, Amphibian, Amphitheriidae, Annual, Morocco, Arganodus, Atoposauridae, Bathonian, Caudata, Choristodera, Coelacanth, Crocodyliformes, Cteniogenys, Dinosaur, Dryolestida, Figuig Province, Fish, Geological formation, High Atlas, Ksar Metlili Formation, Lepidosauria, Lepidotes, Limestone, Lissamphibia, Lungfish, Marl, Mawsoniidae, Morocco, Mudstone, Ornithischia, Osteoglossiformes, Parviraptor, Pholadomya, Pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchidae, Rhynchocephalia, Sandstone, Scheenstia, Scincomorpha, Squamata, Stegosauria, Teleosauridae, Testudinata, Thalattosuchia, Theriosuchus, Theropoda, Turtle, Unconformity, Wukongopteridae.
Jurassic Morocco
Jurassic System of Africa
Paleontology in Morocco

Albanerpetontidae

The Albanerpetontidae (also spelled Albanerpetidae and Albanerpetonidae) are an extinct family of small amphibians, native to the Northern Hemisphere during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

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Alocodon is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur known from multiple teeth from the Middle or Late Jurassic Cabaços Formation of Portugal, and also the Forest Marble and Chipping Norton Formations of England.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Amphitheriidae

Amphitheriidae is a family of Mesozoic mammals restricted to the Middle Jurassic of Britain, with indeterminate members also possibly known from the equivalently aged Itat Formation in Siberia and the Anoual Formation of Morocco.

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Annual, Morocco

Annual or Anoual (Berber language: Anwal) is a small town in northeastern Morocco about 60 km west of Nador.

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Arganodus

Arganodus is an extinct genus of freshwater lungfish that had a wide global distribution throughout much of the Triassic period, with a single species surviving across Gondwana into the Cretaceous.

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Atoposauridae

Atoposauridae is a family of crocodile-like archosaurs belonging to Neosuchia.

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Bathonian

In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic.

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Caudata

The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (the order Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs.

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Choristodera

Choristodera (from the Greek χωριστός chōristos + δέρη dérē, 'separated neck') is an extinct order of semiaquatic diapsid reptiles that ranged from the Middle Jurassic, or possibly Triassic, to the Miocene (168 to 20 or possibly 11.6 million years ago).

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Coelacanth

Coelacanths (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia.

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Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians".

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Cteniogenys

Cteniogenys is a genus of choristodere, a morphologically diverse group of aquatic reptiles.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Dryolestida

Dryolestida is an extinct order of mammals, known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.

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Figuig Province

The Figuig Province (Arabic: إقليمفكيك) is a province in the Oriental Region of Morocco.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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High Atlas

The High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas, is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of the Atlas Mountains.

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Ksar Metlili Formation

The Ksar Metlili Formation is a geological formation in eastern High Atlas of Morocco, it is late Tithonian to Berriasian in age. Anoual Formation and Ksar Metlili Formation are Jurassic Morocco, Jurassic System of Africa, Mudstone formations, Paleontology in Morocco and Sandstone formations.

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Lepidosauria

The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) is a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.

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Lepidotes

Lepidotes (from λεπιδωτός, 'covered with scales') (previously known as Lepidotus) is an extinct genus of Mesozoic ray-finned fish.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Lissamphibia

The Lissamphibia (from Greek λισσός (lissós, "smooth") + ἀμφίβια (amphíbia), meaning "smooth amphibians") is a group of tetrapods that includes all modern amphibians.

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Lungfish

Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the class Dipnoi.

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Marl

Marl is an earthy material rich in carbonate minerals, clays, and silt.

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Mawsoniidae

Mawsoniidae is an extinct family of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Triassic to Cretaceous periods.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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Ornithischia

Ornithischia is an extinct clade of mainly herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pelvic structure superficially similar to that of birds.

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Osteoglossiformes

Osteoglossiformes (Greek: "bony tongues") is a relatively primitive order of ray-finned fish that contains two sub-orders, the Osteoglossoidei and the Notopteroidei.

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Parviraptor

Parviraptor is a genus of squamate containing one species, Parviraptor estesi, from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) or Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset, England.

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Pholadomya

Pholadomya is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.

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Pterosaur

Pterosaurs (from Greek pteron and sauros, meaning "wing lizard") are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria.

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Rhamphorhynchidae

Rhamphorhynchidae is a group of early pterosaurs named after Rhamphorhynchus, that lived in the Late Jurassic.

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Rhynchocephalia

Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Scheenstia

Scheenstia is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of Europe.

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Scincomorpha

Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives.

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Squamata

Squamata (Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.

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Stegosauria

Stegosauria is a group of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

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Teleosauridae

Teleosauridae is a family of extinct typically marine crocodylomorphs similar to the modern gharial that lived during the Jurassic period.

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Testudinata

Testudinata is the group of all tetrapods with a true turtle shell.

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Thalattosuchia

Thalattosuchia is a clade of mostly marine crocodylomorphs from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous that had a cosmopolitan distribution.

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Theriosuchus

Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe (Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia (Thailand) and western North America (Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland.

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Theropoda

Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoual_Formation

Anoual Formation, the Glossary

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See also

Jurassic Morocco

Jurassic System of Africa

Paleontology in Morocco

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