The Iouaridène Formation is a Mesozoic geological formation in Morocco. Fossil sauropod,Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607. theropod, and stegosaur tracks have been reported from the formation. It is part of the 'Red Beds' of Morocco alongside the Guettioua Sandstone and Jbel Sidal Formation. The lithology consists of cyclic alternation of meter scale red mudstones and 10's of cm scale carbonate cemented mudstones to very fine sandstones. Some of the theropod footprints are massive,up to in length. However the largest of these theropod tracks are badly deformed.
Ichnofossil content +Ichnofossils of the Iouaridène FormationIchnogenusIchnospeciesRegionMemberMaterialNotesImageBreviparopusB. taghbaloutensisSauropod tracksBoutakioutichniumB. atlasicusTheropod trackCarmelopodusC. isp.Theropod trackDeltapodusD. isp.Stegosaurian trackEubrontesE. isp.Theropod trackEutynichniumE. atlasipodusTheropod trackKayentapusK. isp.Theropod trackMegalosauripusM. isp.Theropod track
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
References
Bibliography Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .