Tizi-n-Aït tracksite

Tizi-n-Aït tracksite is a fossil trackway location in Morocco in the Azilal province. It is Jurassic (Pliensbachian, 189.6 - 183.0 Ma) in age, with tracks attributed to sauropods or stegosaurs, and an unidentified carnosaur. The tracksite is part of the Aganane Formation and the tracks are located at base of formation.[1][2]

References
  1. J. Jenny and J.-A. Jossen. (1982). Découverte d'empreintes de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Jurassique inférieur (Pliensbachien) du Haut-Atlas central (Maroc) [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of the central High Atlas (Morocco)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série II 294:223-226.
  2. Tizi-n-Aït tracksite at the Paleobiology Database.


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