Oum ed Diab Member explained

Oum ed Diab Member
Type:	Member
Age:	Middle-Upper Albian
Period:	Albian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Claystone
Region:	Tataouine
Country:	Tunisia
Coordinates:	32.6°N 10.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	15.2°N 9.4°W
Unitof:	Ain el Guettar Formation
Underlies:	Zebbag Formation
Overlies:	Chenini Member

The Oum ed Diab Member is a middle-upper Albian geologic member, part of the Ain el Guettar Formation of Tunisia. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate fauna

Fish

• Caturus sp.^[2]
• Onchopristis dunklei
• Hybodus sp.
• Lepidotes sp.

Archosaurs

• an indeterminate crocodyliform^[3]
• the giant pholidosaurid Sarcosuchus
• notosuchian uruguaysuchid Araripesuchus sp.
• an indeterminate ornithocheirid pterosaur
• an indeterminate abelisaurid
• an indeterminate carcharodontosaurid^[4]
• teeth referred to Spinosaurus and/or possibly Spinosaurinae
• the rebbachisaurid sauropod Tataouinea^[5] as well as indeterminate teeth
• an indeterminate iguanodontian^[6]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• Geology of Tunisia

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• J. Le Loeuff, É. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, Y. Laurent, M. Ouaja, C. Souillat, D. Srarfi and H. Tong. 2000. Mesozoic continental vertebrates of Tunisia. 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Geowissenschaften Abteilung. Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 45

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Fanti. Federico. Contessi. Michela. Franchi. Fulvio. September 2012. The "Continental Intercalaire" of southern Tunisia: Stratigraphy, paleontology, and paleoecology. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 73-74. 1–23. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.07.006. 2012JAfES..73....1F . 1464-343X.
3. Dridi. Jihed. November 2018. New fossils of the giant pholidosaurid genus Sarcosuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 147. 268–280. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.06.023. 2018JAfES.147..268D . 1464-343X.
4. Fanti. Federico. Cau. Andrea. Martinelli. Agnese. Contessi. Michela. September 2014. Integrating palaeoecology and morphology in theropod diversity estimation: A case from the Aptian-Albian of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 410. 39–57. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.033. 2014PPP...410...39F . 0031-0182.
5. Fanti. Federico. Cau. Andrea. Hassine. Mohsen. Contessi. Michela. 2013-07-09. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization. Nature Communications. 4. 1. 2080 . 10.1038/ncomms3080. 2041-1723. free. 23836048 . 2013NatCo...4.2080F .
6. Fanti. Federico. Cau. Andrea. Panzarin. Lukas. Cantelli. Luigi. May 2016. Evidence of iguanodontian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia. Cretaceous Research. 60. 267–274. 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.008. 2016CrRes..60..267F . 0195-6671.