Genus: Diodorus KAMMERER, NESBITT & SHUBIN, 2012
Etymology: Named after the Diodorus, legendary king of the Berber people
and son of Sufax, the founder of Tangier. Also named in honor of Diodorus Siculus,
a 1st century Greek historian, who wrote about North Africa.
Species: scytobrachion KAMMERER, NESBITT & SHUBIN, 2012
Etymology:
From ancient Greek, scytobrachion, "leathery arm": a reference both to a possible
integument of this taxon and the classical mythographer Dionysius
Scytobrachion, who chronicled the mythical history of North America.
Holotype: MNHM-ARG 30
Locality: Northeastern Aragana Basin, 2.9 km east of Imziln, Morocco.
Note: Excat locality data on file at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, MA, USA nd University of Chicago, Il, USA.
Horizon: Base of the Irohalene Mudstone Member (t5), Timezgadiouine Formation.
Bisotratigraphy:
Age: ?Carnian-Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: A partial right dentary.
Referred material:
MHNM-ARG 31-33: Isolated teeth.
MNHM-ARG 34, 35: Humeri.
MNHM-ARG 36: Metatarsal.
MNHM-ARG 37: Femur.