Otozoum trackway in Issil-n-Aït Arbi (Lower Jurassic, Central High Atlas, Morocco)
- Masrour, Moussa
- Pérez Lorente, Félix
ISSN: 0213-683X
Year of publication: 2014
Issue: 56
Pages: 107-110
Type: Article
More publications in: Geogaceta
Abstract
A new site has been found in the Central HighAtlas, in the Issil-n-Aït Arbi near the Dadés Gorges. This paper is the first study presented of this locality, with the description of a quadruped trackway of pentadactyl pes and tridactyl manus, which we have attributed to Otozoum. The characters of these prints and trackway are described, compared, and analyzed in the text and they are attributed to a prosauropod trackmaker. Some anatomical considerations are deduced from this type of trackway. It is the first track of this ichnogenus cited in north of Africa, though it is possible other similar ones exist in Lesotho.