Ksar Metlili Formation

Ksar Metlili Formation
Ksar Metlili Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Tithonian to Early Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Moroccan Red Beds
Underlies	Dekkar Group
Overlies	Anoual Formation
Thickness	~80 m (260 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, sandstone
Other	Limestone, marl, calcarenite
Location
Coordinates	32°42′N 3°06′W / 32.7°N 3.1°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	25°06′N 1°54′E / 25.1°N 1.9°E
Region	Figuig Province
Country	Morocco
Extent	High Atlas
Type section
Named for	Ksar Met Lili Fort
	Ksar Metlili Formation (Morocco)

The Ksar Metlili Formation is a geological formation in eastern High Atlas of Morocco, it is late Tithonian to Berriasian in age. It is approximately 80 metres (260 ft) thick and primarily consists of mudstone and sandstone, with thin calcareous beds.^[1] One of these calcareous beds near the middle of the sequence is an important microvertebrate locality.^[2] Subsequent to the original site, several other localities have been sampled. The depositional environment is thought to be near shore deltaic.^[3]

^ Haddoumi, Hamid; Allain, Ronan; Meslouh, Said; Metais, Grégoire; Monbaron, Michel; Pons, Denise; Rage, Jean-Claude; Vullo, Romain; Zouhri, Samir (January 2016). "Guelb el Ahmar (Bathonian, Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco): First continental flora and fauna including mammals from the Middle Jurassic of Africa" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 29 (1): 290–319. Bibcode:2016GondR..29..290H. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.12.004. ISSN 1342-937X.
^ "Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ Lasseron, Maxime; Allain, Ronan; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Haddoumi, Hamid; Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Métais, Grégoire; Rage, Jean-Claude; Vullo, Romain; Zouhri, Samir (March 2020). "New data on the microvertebrate fauna from the Upper Jurassic or lowest Cretaceous of Ksar Metlili (Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco)". Geological Magazine. 157 (3): 367–392. Bibcode:2020GeoM..157..367L. doi:10.1017/S0016756819000761. ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 204263709.

[1] Haddoumi, Hamid; Allain, Ronan; Meslouh, Said; Metais, Grégoire; Monbaron, Michel; Pons, Denise; Rage, Jean-Claude; Vullo, Romain; Zouhri, Samir (January 2016). "Guelb el Ahmar (Bathonian, Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco): First continental flora and fauna including mammals from the Middle Jurassic of Africa" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 29 (1): 290–319. Bibcode:2016GondR..29..290H. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.12.004. ISSN 1342-937X.

[2] "Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[3] Lasseron, Maxime; Allain, Ronan; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Haddoumi, Hamid; Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Métais, Grégoire; Rage, Jean-Claude; Vullo, Romain; Zouhri, Samir (March 2020). "New data on the microvertebrate fauna from the Upper Jurassic or lowest Cretaceous of Ksar Metlili (Anoual Syncline, eastern Morocco)". Geological Magazine. 157 (3): 367–392. Bibcode:2020GeoM..157..367L. doi:10.1017/S0016756819000761. ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 204263709.

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