Publications by the team
ADNET S., CAPPETTA H., BARDET N., PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA X., AKKRIM D., AMALIK M. & BENABDALLAH A. (2009). Marine vertebrate faunas from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of the Benguerir area (Ganntour Basin) of Morocco: biostratigraphy, palaeobiodiversity and correlations with other phosphates worldwide. Premier Congrès International sur la Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Nord de l’Afrique, Marrakech, 25-27 mai, p. 24-25.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., IAROCHENE M. & OCP (2001). The basal mosasaurid Halisaurus from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Sixth European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Firenze, 19-22 septembre, p. 16.
BARDET N. (2004). Etude des reptiles marins du Crétacé supérieur (Maastrichtien) des marges Nord et Sud de la Téthys méditerranéenne : systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie. Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Paris 6, 95 pp.
BARDET N., BOURDON E., CAPPETTA H., GHEERBRANT E., JALIL N.-E., JOUVE S., NOUBHANI A., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X. (2004). Les Vertébrés fossiles des Phosphates du Maroc. The first conference on the valorization of phosphates and phosphorous compounds COVAPHOS I, Marrakech, 11-13 octobre, p. Po-1-03-53.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., BOUYAHYAOUI F., IAROCHENE M., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2004). Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg, 1952 (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Morocco. Géobios, 37(3): 315-324. link
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., IAROCHENE M., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2004). Mosasaurids from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco. Mosasaur Meeting, Maastricht, 8-13 mai, p. 13-14.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., IAROCHENE M., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2005a). A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143: 447-472.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., IAROCHENE M., AMALIK M. & BOUYA B. (2005b). Durophagous Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, with the description of a new species of Globidens. Netherlands Journal of Geoscience, 84(3): 167-175.
BARDET N., PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA X., JOUVE S., JALIL N.-E. & BOUYA B. (2006). Reptilian faunas from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. 66th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (supplement to 3): 39A.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., SCHULP A. & BOUYA B. (2007). New material of Carinodens from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Hays, Kansas, 2-6 mai, p. 8.
BARDET N. (2008). The marine reptile faunas from the Late Cretaceous - Palaeogene Phosphates of Morocco. III Congreso LatinoAmericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Neuquén, 22-25 septembre, p. 23. Conférence plénière.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., SCHULP A. & BOUYA B. (2008). New material of Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) Phosphates of Morocco. Bulletin of the Fort Hays State University, Special Issue n°3: 29-36.
BARDET N. (2009). The marine reptile faunas from the Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco. Extraordinary Meeting of the EAWP: Tribute to Charles Darwin and Bernissart Iguanodons: New Perspective on Vertebrate Evolution and Early Cretaceous Ecosystems, Bruxelles, 9-13 février, p. 18. 24-25. Conférence plénière.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., JOUVE S., VINCENT P., JALIL N.-E. & BOUYA B. (2009). Reptilian faunas from the Phosphates (Maastrichtian-Lutetian) of Morocco: from Arambourg to present time. Premier Congrès International sur la Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Nord de l’Afrique, Marrakech, 25-27 mai, p. 27-28.
BARDET N., SCHULP A. S. & BOUYA B. (2009). New material of Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco. Premier Congrès International sur la Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Nord de l’Afrique, Marrakech, 25-27 mai, p. 28.
BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X, JOUVE S., BOURDON E., VINCENT P., HOUSSAYE A., RAGE J.C., JALIL N.E., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2010). Reptilian assemblages from the latest Cretaceous - Palaeogene phosphates of Morocco: from Arambourg to present time. Historical Biology, 22(1-3): 186-199.
BARDET N., GHEERBRANT E., NOUBHANI A., CAPPETTA H., JOUVE S., BOURDON E., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., JALIL N.-E., VINCENT P., HOUSSAYE A., SOLE F., EL HOUSSAINI KH., ADNET S., RAGE J.-C., DE LAPPARENT DE BROIN F., SUDRE J., BOUYA B., AMAGHZAZ M. & MESLOUH S. (2017). Les vertébrés fossiles des phosphates crétacés-paléogènes (72,1-47,8 Ma) du Maroc. In: Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Maroc: état des connaissances. Mémoire de la Société Géologique de France (edited by Zouhri, S.) 180, 351-452.
BARDET N., JALIL N.-E., LAPPARENT DE BROIN F. DE, GERMAIN D., LAMBERT O. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2013). A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods. PLOS One. July 2013, 8(7) : 1-10, e63586.
BOURDON, E., (2003). A new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves, Pelecaniformes) from the Thanetian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. 51st Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, Angleterre.
BOURDON E., (2004). A new Paleocene-Eocene avifauna From Morocco: The early diversification of the pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes). 6th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Esperaza Dinosaur Museum, Quillan, France.
BOURDON E., BOUYA B. & IAROCHÈNE M. (2005). Earliest African neornithine bird: a new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(1): 157-170.
BOURDON E. (2005). Osteological evidence for sister group relationship between pseudo-toothed birds (Aves: Odontopterygiformes) and waterfowls (Anseriformes). Naturwissenschaften 92(12): 586-591.
BOURDON E. (2006a). L’avifaune du Paléogène des phosphates du Maroc et du Togo : diversité, systématique et apports à la connaissance de la diversification des oiseaux modernes (Neornithes). Unpublished Ph. D Thesis. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 330 pages.
BOURDON E. (2006b). A new avifauna from the Early Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco: contribution to higher-level phylogenetics of modern birds (Neornithes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:44A.
BOURDON E. (2006c). On the phylogenetic position of the pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes). 54th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. Société Géologique de France, Ecole Nationale des Mines, Paris, France.
BOURDON, E., AMAGHZAZ, M. & BOUYA, B. (2008a). A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco. Geobios 41: 455-459. 20.
BOURDON, E., MOURER-CHAUVIRÉ, C., AMAGHZAZ, M. & BOUYA, B. (2008b). New specimens of Lithoptila abdounensis (Aves, Prophaethontidae) from the Lower Paleogene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3): 751-761.
BOURDON E., K AMAGHZAZ, M., & BOUYA, B. (2010). Pseudotoothed Birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Early Tertiary of Morocco. American Museum Novitates, 3704, 1-71.
BOURDON, E. (2011). The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds. In: G.J. Dyke, G.W. Kaiser (Eds.), Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds, First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
BUFFRENIL V. de, BARDET N., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X. & BOUYA B. (2008). Specialisation of bone structure in Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, an aquatic squamate from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan margin. Lethaia, 41: 59-69.
CAPPETTA, H. (1981). Additions à la faune de sélaciens fossiles du Maroc. 1: Sur la présence des genres Heptranchias , Alopias et Odontorhytis dans l’Yprésien des Ouled Abdoun. Geobios, 14 (5) : 563-575, 3 fig., 1 pl.
CAPPETTA, H. (1983). Additions à la faune de sélaciens fossiles du Maroc. 2: Révision de Raja praealba ARAMBOURG, 1952, espèce de l’Yprésien des Ouled Abdoun. Tertiary Research, 5 (1) : 1-8, 2 pl.
CAPPETTA, H. (1984). Découverte du genre Gymnura (Batomorphii, Myliobatiformes) dans le Thanétien des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Observations sur la denture de quelques espèces actuelles. Geobios, 17 (5) : 631-635, 1 fig., 1 pl.
CAPPETTA, H. (1985). Sur une nouvelle espèce de Burnhamia (Batomorphii, Mobulidae) dans l’Yprésien des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Tertiary Research, 7 (1) : 27-33, 1 fig., 1 pl.
CAPPETTA, H. (1986a). Sur un nouveau genre de sélacien (Batomorphii, Myliobatiformes) de l’Yprésien des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Geobios, 19 (5) : 635-640, 1 pl.
CAPPETTA, H. (1986b). Myliobatidae nouveaux (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) de l’Yprésien des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc. Geologica et Palaeontologica, 20 : 185-207, 9 fig., 4 pl.
CAPPETTA H. (1987). Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii, Chondrichthyes II. In Handbook of Paleoichthyology, vol. 3B (Ed. H.-P. Schultze), 193 pp. Stuttgart, New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
CAPPETTA, H. (1988). Les Torpédiniformes (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) des phosphates du Maroc. Observations sur la denture des genres actuels. Tertiary Research, 10 (1) : 21-52, 7 fig., 7 pl.
CAPPETTA H. (1989). Sélaciens nouveaux ou peu connus du Crétacé supérieur du Maroc. Mesozoic Research, 2 (1). 11-23.
CAPPETTA H. (1992). Nouveaux Rhinobatoidei (Neoselachii, Rajiformes) à denture spécialisée du Maastrichtien du Maroc. Remarques sur l’évolution dentaire des Rajiformes et des Myliobatiformes. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 187 (1). 31-52.
CAVIN L., BARDET N., CAPPETTA H., GHEERBRANT E., IAROCHENE S.M. & SUDRE J. (1999). A preliminary report on new bony fish remains from the Palaeocene and Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Phosphate Basin (Morocco). Fourth European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Albarracín, 8-12 juin, p. 34.
CAVIN L., BARDET N., CAPPETTA H., GHEERBRANT E., IAROCHENE S.M. & SUDRE J. (2000).- A new albulid (Teleostei : Elopomorpha) from the Danian of the Phosphate basin of Ouled Abdoun, Morocco. Geol. Mag., 137, 5, 583-591.
COSMIDIS, J., BENZERARA, K., GHEERBRANT, E, ESTEVE, I, BOUYA, B. and AMAGHZAZ, M. (2013). Nanometer-scale characterization of exceptionally preserved bacterial fossils in Paleocene phosphorites from Ouled Abdoun (Morocco). Geobiology 11(2), 139-153. Link
EL HOUSSAINI DARIF, Kh. (2007). « Les Téléostéens fossiles du Maroc Maroc du Mésozoïque (Cénomanien) au Tertiaire (Yprésien), avec étude d’un Megalopidae (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) nouveau des phosphates (Danien, bassin des Ouled Abdoun). DESA (equivalent Master), Cadi Ayyad University, 54 pp.
GHEERBRANT E., SUDRE J. & CAPPETTA H. (1996). A Palaeocene proboscidean from Morocco. Nature, 383: 68-71. link
GHEERBRANT, E., SUDRE, J., CAPPETTA, H., and BIGNOT, G. (1998). Phosphatherium escuilliei du Thanétien du bassin des Ouled Abdoun (Maroc), plus ancien proboscidien (Mammalia) d’Afrique. Geobios 30, 247-269. link
GHEERBRANT, E., and BARDET, N. (1999). Les vertébrés des phosphates. In « Maroc, Mémoire de la Terre. » (M. N. d. H. Naturelle, Ed.), pp. 160-163. Editions du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.
GHEERBRANT, E. (2001). Histoire paléobiogéographique des mammifères paléogènes du domaine arabo-africain. Vol. 2 : Bilan et première analyse synthétique, Unpublished thesis Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 176 p.
GHEERBRANT, E., SUDRE, J., and IAROCHENE, M. (2001). New data on earliest African ungulates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of papers 21, 54A.
GHEERBRANT E., SUDRE J., IAROCHÈNE M. & MOUMNI A. (2001). First ascertained African « condylarth » mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21 (1). 107-118. link
GHEERBRANT, E., SUDRE, J., CAPPETTA, H., IAROCHENE, M., AMAGHZAZ, M., and BOUYA, B. (2002). A new large mammal from the Ypresian of Morocco : Evidence of a surprising diversity of early proboscideans. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47, 493-506. link
GHEERBRANT E., SUDRE J., CAPPETTA H., MOURER-CHAUVIRÉ C., BOURDON E., IAROCHÈNE M., AMAGHZAZ M., & BOUYA B. (2003). Les localités à mammifères des carrières de Grand Daoui, bassin des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc, Yprésien : premier état des lieux. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 174 (3). 279-293. link
GHEERBRANT, E. (2005). Earliest proboscideans from the early Eocene of Morocco and their phylogenetical significance. IX International Mammalogical Congress (IMC 9), Sapporo, Japan:25.
GHEERBRANT, E., SUDRE, J., TASSY, P., AMAGHZAZ, M., BOUYA, B., and IAROCHENE, M. (2005). Nouvelles données sur Phosphatherium escuilliei (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de l’Eocène inférieur du Maroc, apports à la phylogénie des Proboscidea et des ongulés lophodontes. Geodiversitas 27, 239-333. link
GHEERBRANT, E., H. CAPPETTA, M. AMAGHZAZ, and B. BOUYA. (2006). The mammals from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco: A review and the perspectives. 54th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris, September 12-16, 2006. link
GHEERBRANT, E. (2006). Nouvelles données sur Phosphatherium, le proboscidien le plus primitif. La Science au Présent 2006.Volume 2006. Encyclopaedia Universalis, 57-58.
GHEERBRANT, E., M. IAROCHENE, M. AMAGHZAZ, AND B. BOUYA. (2006). Early African hyaenodontid mammals and their bearing on the origin of the Creodonta. Geological Magazine, 143(4):475-489. link
GHEERBRANT, E., CAPPETTA, H., AMAGHZAZ, M. & BOUYA, B. (2006). The mammals from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco: A review and the perspectives. In: 54th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris, September 12-16, 2006.
GHEERBRANT, E. (2008). Les plus anciens gisements à mammifères placentaires (Euthériens) d’Afrique : Paléocène et Eocène des bassins d’Ouarzazate et des Ouled Abdoun (Maroc). RV3P2, Deuxieme rencontre sur la valorisation et la préservation du patrimoine paléontologique. Université Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco, Meknes.
GHEERBRANT, E. (2009). The beginning of the placental history in Africa: Paleocene and early Eocene faunas from Morocco. NAVEP1, Premier Congrès International sur la Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Nord de l’Afrique. Marrakech, 25-27 mai / May 2009, Maroc/ Morocco.
GHEERBRANT, E. (2009). Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (26), 10717-10721. link
GHEERBRANT, E., CAPPETTA, H., BOUYA, B. & AMAGHZAZ, M. (2009). The beginning of the placental history in Africa: Discovery of a new earliest known proboscidean in the Late Paleocene of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. In: Premier Congrès International sur la Paléontologie des Vertébrés du Nord de l’Afrique, NAVEP1: Marrakech, 25-27 mai / May 2009 Maroc/ Morocco.
GHEERBRANT, E., SOLE, F., AMAGHZAZ, M. & BOUYA, B. 2009. The beginning of African placentals: new discoveries from the Ouled Abdoun basin (Morocco, Paleocene-Eocene), and significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (3 (supl.)), 104-105.
GHEERBRANT, E. and P. TASSY (2009). « L’origine et l’évolution des éléphants. » C. R. Palevol, 8: 281-294. link
GHEERBRANT, E. (2010). Primitive African ungulates (« Condylarthra » and Paenungulata). In : Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. L. Werdelin and W. J. Sanders eds. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, The University of California Press: 563-571.
GHEERBRANT, E., AMAGHZAZ, M. & BOUYA, B. (2010). New data on the primtive ungulate (condylarth-like) mammals from the Paleocene of the Ouled Abdoun basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3 (supl.)), 95A-96A.
GHEERBRANT, E. B., BOUYA, B, AMAGHZAZ, M. (2012). Dental and cranial anatomy of Eritherium azzouzorum from the Paleocene of Morocco, earliest known proboscidean mammal. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 297(5-6), 151-183. Link
GHEERBRANT, E., AMAGHZAZ, M., BOUYA, B., GOUSSARD, F. & LETENNEUR, C. (2014). Ocepeia (middle Paleocene of Morocco): the oldest skull of an afrotherian mammal. PLOS One 9(2), 1-30 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089739).
Gheerbrant, E., Filippo, A. & Schmitt, A. (2016). Convergence of Afrotherian and Laurasiatherian Ungulate-Like Mammals: First Morphological Evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco. PLoS ONE 11(7), 1-35. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157556.
HOUSSAYE A., BARDET N., RAGE J.-C., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., BOUYA B., AMAGHZAZ M. & AMALIK M. (2011). A review of Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, a pachyostotic marine squamate from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco and Syria. Geological Magazine, 148 (2): 237-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756810000580
HOUSSAYE A., RAGE J.-C., BARDET N., VINCENT P., AMAGHZAZ M. & MESLOUH S. (sous presse 2013). New highlights about the enigmatic marine snake Palaeophis maghrebianus (Palaeophidae) from the Ypresian Phosphates (Middle Eocene) of Morocco. Palaeontology. http://dx.doi: 10.1111/pala.12008
HUA S. & JOUVE S. (2004). A primitive marine gavialoid from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(2). 341-350.
JALIL N.-E., BARDET N., BOURDON E., CAPPETTA H., GHEERBRANT E., JOUVE S., NOUBHANI A., OUANAIMI F., PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., VINCENT P., AMAGHZAZ M., BOUYA B. & MCHICHI M. (2006). Les vertébrés fossiles des phosphates du Maroc. Nouvelle convention et état des connaissances. COVAPHOS II, Marrakech (Maroc).
JALIL N.E., DE LAPPARENT DE BROIN F., BARDET N., VACANT R., BOUYA B., AMAGHZAZ M & MESLOUH S. (2009). Euclastes acutirostris, a new species of marine turtle (Cryptodira, Cheloniidae) from the Palaeocene phosphates of Morocco (Oulad Abdoun Basin, Danian-Thanetian). Comptes Rendus Palévol, 8(5): 447-459.
JOUVE S. (2004). Etude des Crocodyliformes fini Crétacé-Paléocène du Bassin des Ouled Abdoun (Maroc) et comparaison avec les faunes africaines contemporaines: systématique; phylogénie et paléobiogéographie. Thèse Doctorale MNHN, 232 pp.
JOUVE S. (2005). A new description of the skull of Dyrosaurus phosphaticus (Thomas, 1893) (Mesoeucrocodylia : Dyrosauridae) from the Lower Eocene of North Africa. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42 (3). 323-337.
JOUVE S., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2005a). A short-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia), from the Palaeocene of Morocco. Palaeontology, 48(2). 359-369.
JOUVE S., M. IAROCHENE, BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M (2005b). A new crocodyliform dyrosaurid from the Palaeocene of Morocco and a phylogenetic analysis of Dyrosauridae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 50 (3) : 581-594.
JOUVE S., IAROCHENE M., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2006a). A new species of Dyrosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Dyrosauridae) from the Early Eocene of Morocco: phylogenetic implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148 (4) : 603-656.
JOUVE S., M. IAROCHENE, BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M (2006b). New material of Argochampsa krebsi (Eusuchia: Gavialoidea) and phylogenetic implications. Geobios, 39 (6) : 817-832.
JOUVE S., BARDET N., JALIL N.E., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2006c). Two exceptionnal Crocodyliformes from Morocco: the oldest known crocodylian from Africa, and the youngest pholidosaurid ever found In: 54th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris (France), Abstracts.
JOUVE S., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2008a). A long-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Palaeocene of Morocco: phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeontology. 51, 281-294.
JOUVE S., BARDET N., JALIL N., PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA X., BOUYA B. & AMAGHZAZ M. (2008b). The oldest African crocodile: phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptile through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2) : 409-421.
Khalloufi B., El Houssaini-Darif K, Jourani E., Khaldoune F., Jalil N.E. A new Paleocene Megalopidae (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the Phosphate basins of Morocco (Submitted to Historical Biology).
LAPPARENT de BROIN F., BARDET N., AMAGHZAZ M. & MESLOUH S. (sous presse). A strange new chelonioid turtle from the latest Cretaceous Phosphates of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palévol.
LeBLANC A. R. H., CALDWELL M.W. & BARDET N. (2012).- A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (U. Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and the implications for the systematics of the Mosasaurinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32 (1): 82-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.624145
Longrich, N., Pereda-Suberbiola, X, Jalil, N.E., Khaldoune, F. & Journai E. (2017) A late Maastrichtian abelisaurid from Morocco, and implications for Gondawa dinosaur biogeography and extinction. Cretaceous research. 76: 40-52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.021.
NOUBHANI A. & CAPPETTA H. (1994) - Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc. Palaeovertebrata, 23, 1-14.
NOUBHANI, A. & CAPPETTA, H. (1995). Batoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Neoselachii: Rajiformes, Myliobatiformes) des phosphates maastrichtiens et paléocènes du Maroc. In « Sélaciens et Stratigraphie », J. HERMAN & H. Van WAES Eds. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Papers, 278 : 157-183, pl. 1-7.
NOUBHANI A. & CAPPETTA H. (1997). Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. PalaeoIchthyologica, 8: 1-327.
OUANAIMI F. (2006). Les Chéloniens des gisements phosphatés des Oulad Abdoun (Khouribga, Maroc). Un patrimoine à étudier et à préserver. Première Rencontre sur la valorisation et la préservation du patrimoine paléontologique. Marrakech.
OUANAIMI, F (2006). Les Vertébrés fossiles des Phosphates (bassin des Ouled Abdoun, Khouribga, Maastrichtien-Yprésien). Liste faunique et état des connaissances sur les Chéloniens (Vertebrata, Sauropsida, Testudines). Etude préliminaire d’un crâne de Tortue non encore determiné. DESA (equivalent Master), 55 pp.
OUANAIMI, F., JALIL N., AMAGHZAZ M & BOUYA B. (2007). Fossil Chelonians of the Oulad Abdoun phosphates basin [(Maastrichtian-Ypresian); (Khouribga, Morocco). 14th European Congress of Herpetology And SHE ordinary general meeting, Porto, Portugal.
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PEREDA SUBERBIOLA X., BARDET N., JOUVE S., IAROCHENE S.M. & OCP (2001). The first pterosaur remains from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Two hundred years of pterosaurs, Toulouse, 5-8 septembre, Strata, 1(11). 78-79.
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