expands the diversity of Morocco's Cretaceous. Said Dr. Samir Zouhri, "This is another sensational discovery that adds to the many discoveries we have made in the Kem Kem over the past fifteen years of work in this region of Morocco. Kem Kem was truly an incredible biodiversity hotspot in the Cretaceous.
Date: Jul 26, 2022
Category: Science
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Abelisaur was a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur covered in feathers
Now, Chiarenza and Cau believe that these predatory dinosaur groups might not have co-existed so closely together. Perhaps the harsh and changing geology of the area mixed the fossil fragment records together, destroying the chronological ordering in the Kem Kem beds.The Kem Kem Beds, where the abelisaur femur was discovered, is a geological formation along the border between Morocco and Algeria in southeastern Morocco. It has fossilised remains of several top predatory dinosaurs. (Image: english.fossiel.net)
Nizar Ibrahim, a paleontologist, was traveling in 2008 in Morocco, researching the countrys Kem Kem beds, a Mars-like graveyard full of innumerable dinosaur fossils buried 95 million years ago. One day, a Moroccan fossil hunter came up to him on the dusty streets of Erfoud, an oasis town where deal
Date: Sep 11, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
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Giant Spinosaurus Was Bigger Than T. Rex—And First Dinosaur Known to Swim
Picking up the hunt for more fossils, Ibrahim tracked down Stromer's records from archives and his family's castle in Bavaria. On his search, he came across a fossil collector who had turned up the new Spinosaurus fossils along Saharan desert cliffs called the Kem Kem beds in 2009. He traveled to th
Date: Sep 11, 2014
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Predatory dinosaur bigger than T. rex was built for swimming, study indicates
Fossil hunters are loath to reveal their dig sites, for fear that others will try to get a piece of the action. But Ibrahim persuaded the man to take him to the spot in the Kem Kem beds, explaining that he was a scientist and that he hoped to return the fossil to its home country, Morocco.
Date: Sep 11, 2014
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Spinosaurus Surprise: This Dinosaur Could Swim, and That's a First!
The collector guided Ibrahim and his colleagues to a rich fossil site in a rock formation known as the Kem Kem beds. Back when Spinosaurus lived, that area was part of a large river system, populated by dinosaurs, crocodile-like creatures, sharks and giant coelacanths and lungfish.