Sidi Daoui Titanosaur
OCP DEK/GE 31 is a femur, tibia and fibula of a small titanosaur from the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. This animal lived with Chenanisaurus, Ajnabia, selachians, actinopterygians, turtles, Mosasauridae and plesiosaurs. This suggests a marine depositional environment, which further suggests OCP DEK/GE 31 originated from a buoyant carcass. On the femur, a prominent lateral protrusion at the proximal 1/3, which is a diagnostic characteristic of Titanosauriformes. However, OCP DEK/GE 31 lacks the synapomorphies associated with Titanosauria and less-inclusive clades. Thus, OCP DEK/GE 31 is a basal titanosauriform, now classed as Titanosaurifo...read more