Abstract
A small collection of coprolites (fossilised faeces) is described from the Upper Couche III Bone Bed (latest Maastrichtian) phosphate horizon, approximately 2 m below the K/Pg boundary of Sidi Chennane Quarry in the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco. The coprolites have a distinctive morphology that identifies them as belonging in the ichnogenus Alococopros. This is the first record of the ichnogenus from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. The coprolites are assigned to A. milnei isp. nov. Inclusions of triturated and polished phosphate debris in some specimens suggest that crocodilians or chelonians may have been the possible producer.
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