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  Kem Kem beds
  Morocco

Added:
may 2011
Last Modified:
may 2011

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Location description

The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are exposed along the Algerian border. The deposits are continental and are from the Albian, part of the Cretaceous period.


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In the distance the plateau near the Algerian border contains the Kem Kem beds.
Added by: webmaster on 04-04-2012

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Directions

The Kem Kem beds are exposed along a large portion of the Algerian border, under the edge of the highland.

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Finds

Several species of crocodile, turtles, and dinosaurs (i.e. Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus) have been found.

There are 40 photographs of fossils from this location in our Fossil ID System.
Go to the Kem Kem beds Species List to identify your own finds!

Literature recommended by members

  • Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza & Andrea Cau, 2016: A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa
    Beschrijving van een Abelisaurid femur.
    Added by Trilobite
  • Andrea Cau, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Matteo Fabbri, 2012: Evidence of a new carcharodontosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco
    Added by Trilobite
  • Christophe Hendrickx1, Octávio Mateus, Eric Buffetaut, 2016: Morphofunctional Analysis of the Quadrate of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Presence of Spinosaurus and a Second Spinosaurine Taxon in the Cenomanian of North Africa.
    Beschrijving van Spinosaurid quadratum botten.
    Added by Trilobite
  • Hasegawa Yoshikazu, Tanaka Gengo, Takakuwa Yuji & Koike Satoshi, 2010: Fine sculptures on a tooth of Spinosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco
    Added by Trilobite
  • L. Cavin, H. Tong, L. Boudad, C. Meister, A. Piuz, J. Tabouelle, M. Aarab, R. Amiot, E. Buffetaut, G. Dyke, S. Hua, J. Le Loeuff, 2010: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
    Samenvatting vertebraten in Kem Kem.
    Added by Trilobite
  • Luke Mahler, 2005: Record of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Morocco
    Kaak fragment beschrijving.
    Added by Trilobite
  • Martilla, D.M., Unwin, D.M., Ibrahim, N., Longrich, N., 2018: A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco
    Cretaceous Research 84, p. 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.006
    Added by FossilDude
  • Nizar Ibrahim, Paul C. Sereno, Cristiano Dal Sasso, Simone Maganuco, Matteo Fabbri, David M.Martill, Samir Zouhri, Nathan Myhrvold, Dawid A. Iurino, 2014: Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur
    Ontdekkingen Spinosaurus.
    Added by Trilobite
  • SerjoschaW. Evers, Oliver W.M. Rauhut, Angela C. Milner, Bradley McFeeters & Ronan Allain, 2015: A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco
    Herbeschrijving van Sigilmassasaurus wervels.
    Added by Trilobite

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