The first record of a sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco

Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles: The Families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae

“…Besides turtles, selachians (Arambourg, 1935(Arambourg, , 1952Cappetta, 1981Cappetta, , 1983Cappetta, , 1984Cappetta, , 1986Cappetta, , 1988Noubhani and Cappetta, 1992, bony fishes (Cavin et al, 2000), and crocodiles (Arambourg, 1952;Buffetaut and Wouters, 1979) were reported from both Maastrichtian and Tertiary beds. In addition, the Maastrichtian beds have yielded mosasaurs and plesiosaurs (Arambourg, 1952;Bardet et al, 2001), dinosaurs (Pereda Suberbiola et al, 2004;Buffetaut et al, 2005), and pterosaurs (Pereda Suberbiola et al, 2003). The nonmarine taxa, assumed to be floated bodies, include a few dinosaurs from the Maastrichtian and mammals from the Tertiary beds (Gheerbrant et al, 1996(Gheerbrant et al, , 1998(Gheerbrant et al, , 2001(Gheerbrant et al, , 2002(Gheerbrant et al, , 2003.…”

A new species of Halisaurus. from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae)

“…The phosphates of Morocco are very rich in marine vertebrate remains, especially selachians, bony fishes and reptiles (Arambourg, 1952; Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997; Cavin et al ., 2000). In recent years, the Palaeogene deposits have yielded land mammals (see Gheerbrant et al ., 2001, 2003, and references therein), and pterosaur and dinosaur remains have been unearthed from the Maastrichtian levels (Pereda Suberbiola et al ., 2003, 2004).…”

A new vertebrate fauna from the Cretaceous Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania

“…It is in this context that a surge in paleontological research over the last 15 years is beginning to incorporate data from previously undersampled regions, particularly Jurassic and Cretaceous strata of continental Africa and Madagascar (e.g., Jacobs et al, 1990Jacobs et al, , 1992Jacobs et al, , 1993Sereno et al, 1994Sereno et al, , 1996Sereno et al, , 1998Sereno et al, , 2004Krause et al, 1997Krause et al, , 1999Krause et al, , 2003Flynn et al, 1999;Gomani, 1999;Goodwin et al, 1999;Smith et al, 2001;O'Connor et al, 2003;Gottfried et al, 2004;O'Leary et al, 2004;Suberbiola et al, 2004). Such work has significantly refined hypotheses regarding the phylogenetic and biogeographic histories of many Gondwanan vertebrate clades (e.g., fishes- Gottfried and Krause, 1998;crocodyliforms-Buckley and Brochu, 1999;Buckley et al, 2000;Turner, 2004;mammals-Jacobs et al, 1988;Bonaparte, 1990;Brunet et al, 1990;Krause et al, 1997Krause et al, , 2003and dinosaurs-Jacobs et al, 1993;Sereno et al, 1994Sereno et al, , 1996Sereno et al, , 1998Sereno et al, , 2004Russell, 1996;Sampson et al, 1998Sampson et al, , 2001Forster, 1999;Curry, 2001;Curry Rogers and Forster, 2001;…”