Tilougguit Formation

Tilougguit Formation
Tilougguit Formation
Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian; ~168–166 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Guettioua & El Mers Formations
Overlies	Bin El Ouidane Formation
Lithology
Primary	Marl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	28°06′N 4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W
Region	Azilal
Country	Morocco
Extent	High Atlas
Type section
Named for	Tilougguite
	Tilougguit Formation (Morocco)

The Tilougguit Formation, also known as the Tillouguit Formation, is an Early Bathonian geologic formation in Morocco. Fossils of an indeterminate sauropod are known from the formation, in addition to fossil tracks made by a theropod and a quadrupedal dinosaur—either a stegosaur or a sauropod.

References

↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
↑ Allain, Ronan; Aquesbi, Najat (2008). "Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 30 (2): 345–424.
↑ Ait Haddou, Omar; Hminna, Abdelkbir; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Klein, Hendrik; Arouch, Mohamed; Fergougui, Mohamed; Rmich, Aziz; Bel Haouz, Wahiba (2026-01-13). "New dinosaur tracksites from the Middle-?Late Jurassic of Msemrir (Central High Atlas, Morocco)". Historical Biology: 1–18. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2596117. ISSN 0891-2963.

Bibliography

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

J. Bourcart, A. F. d. Lapparent, and H. Termier. 1942. Un nouveau gisement de Dinosauriens jurassiques au Maroc [A new locality with Jurassic dinosaurs in Morocco]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 214:120-122
J. Jenny, A. Le Marrec, and M. Monbaron. 1981. Les empreintes de pas de dinosauriens dans le Jurassique moyen du Haut Atlas central (Maroc): nouveaux gisements et precisions stratigraphiques. Géobios 14(3):427-431
S. Jouve, B. Mennecart, J. Douteau and N.-E. Jalil. 2016. The oldest durophagous teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the lower Bathonian of central High Atlas, Morocco. Palaeontology

[dinosaurdistribution-1] Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607

[:0-2] Allain, Ronan; Aquesbi, Najat (2008). "Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 30 (2): 345–424.

[:1-3] Ait Haddou, Omar; Hminna, Abdelkbir; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Klein, Hendrik; Arouch, Mohamed; Fergougui, Mohamed; Rmich, Aziz; Bel Haouz, Wahiba (2026-01-13). "New dinosaur tracksites from the Middle-?Late Jurassic of Msemrir (Central High Atlas, Morocco)". Historical Biology: 1–18. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2596117. ISSN 0891-2963.

Tilougguit Formation

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Tilougguit Formation
Stratigraphic range: early Bathonian ~168–166 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Guettioua & El Mers Formations
Overlies	Bin El Ouidane Formation
Lithology
Primary	Marl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	32°06′N 6°30′W / 32.1°N 6.5°W / 32.1; -6.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	28°06′N 4°30′W / 28.1°N 4.5°W / 28.1; -4.5
Region	Azilal
Country	Morocco
Extent	High Atlas
Type section
Named for	Tilougguite
Tilougguit Formation (Morocco)