Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco
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Zouhri, Samir
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Gingerich, Philip D.
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Khalloufi, Bouziane
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Bourdon, Estelle
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Adnet, Sylvain
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Jouve, Stéphane
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Elboudali, Najia
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Amane, Ayoub
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Rage, Jean-Claude
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Tabuce, Rodolphe
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Geodiversitas
2021
2021-03-11
43
5
121
150
journal article
7746
10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5
e42658a2-0e15-4e90-9bc5-0d00cbcbd781
1638-9395
4605963
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:697FC553-E37B-4EF9-97A4-950E4DEE246C
Gen. et sp. indet
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EXAMINED MATERIAL. —
FSAC-Bouj-372 (
Fig. 5G
), proximal fragment of a right pectoral spine.
DESCRIPTION
Only the left part of the proximal portion of the spine is preserved. The cleithral process is short with a thick and smooth external surface. The ornamentation of the base of the shaft is formed by ridges and thin tubercles.
REMARKS
The spine is too fragmentary to be attributed to a siluriform family, but the ornamentation pattern of the spine body is reminiscent of ariid pectoral spines.