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OverviewPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Zarafasaura is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco.Zarafasaura is known from the holotype OCP-DEK/GE 315, an articulated incomplete dorsoventrally crushed skull and mandible and from the paratype OCP-DEK/GE 456, a complete mandible. The holotype was collected in the Sidi Daoui area, from the Upper CIII level of the upper Cretaceous (latest Maastrichtian stage) Phosphates of Morocco.Zarafasaura was first named by Peggy Vincent, Nathalie Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Baadi Bouya, Mbarek Amaghzaz and Said Meslouh in 2011 and the type species is Zarafasaura oceanis. The generic name is derived from zarafa (O O OU O(c)), Arabic for giraffe (it refers to the name given by the local population to the plesiosaurs found in the phosphates) and saurus, Greek for lizard . The specific name is derived from oceanis, Latin for daughter of the sea . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Epimetheus Christer HiramPublisher: Duc Imprint: Duc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.153kg ISBN: 9786139190690ISBN 10: 613919069 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 04 January 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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