Ksar Metlili Formation

Ksar Metlili Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Tithonian to Early Berriasian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofMoroccan Red Beds
UnderliesDekkar Group
OverliesAnoual Formation
Thickness~80 m (260 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, sandstone
OtherLimestone, marl, calcarenite
Location
Coordinates32°42′N 3°06′W / 32.7°N 3.1°W / 32.7; -3.1
Approximate paleocoordinates25°06′N 1°54′E / 25.1°N 1.9°E / 25.1; 1.9
RegionFiguig Province
Country Morocco
ExtentHigh Atlas
Type section
Named forKsar Met Lili Fort
Ksar Metlili Formation is located in Morocco
Ksar Metlili Formation
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]

  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.