Aganane Formation

The Aganane Formation is a Pliensbachian geologic formation in Morocco. Fossil stegosaur and theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2]

Aganane Formation Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian ~190–183 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	High Atlas
Overlies	Imi-n-Ifri Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, dolomite
Location
Coordinates	31.6°N 6.4°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	25.9°N 4.3°W
Region	Azilal
Country	Morocco
Aganane Formation (Morocco)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Stegosaur tracks

References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Ishigaki, Shinobu; Lockley, Martin G. (March 2010). "Didactyl, tridactyl and tetradactyl theropod trackways from the Lower Jurassic of Morocco: evidence of limping, labouring and other irregular gaits". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 100–108. doi:10.1080/08912961003789867. ISSN 0891-2963.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading

• J. Jenny and J.-A. Jossen. 1982. Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Jurassique inférieur (Pliensbachien) du Haut-Atlas central (Maroc) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of the central High Atlas (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 294:223-226