Inventory and Management of Dinosaurs Traces: A case Study of Azilal Region, Morocco

Abstract

The preservation of geosites in the heritage framework is necessary at a time when urbanization, the exploitation of fossils and minerals are real threats to this irreversible heritage. This work is a contribution to the preservation and development of dinosaur trace deposits by geological and geomorphological description of the study area, then by mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and finally by the proposal of the models of development and preservation of these geosites.

Inventory and assessment of geosites and geodiversity sites of the Ait Attab syncline (M’goun unesco Geopark, Morocco) to stimulate geoconservation, geotourism and sustainable development

“…The CHA harbours a set of spectacular deposits of sauropod and theropod dinosaur footprints and bones discovered generally in the Lower and Middle Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits (Monbaron 1978, Jenny et al 1981, Souhel 1987, Haddoumi 1988, Taquet 1999, Nouri et al 2011, Amine et al 2018, Boutakiout et al 2019). The sedimentological studies that have been made on the Ait Attab basin have revealed the existence of three deposits of dinosaur bones and footprints, one of which is located SW of the syncline within the Gettioua Formation (Jenny et al 1981).…”