Genus: Zarafasaura VINCENT, BARDET, PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, BOUYA, AMAGHZAZ & MESLOUH,
2011
Etymology: Arabic, Zarafa, "giraffe"; in reference to the name given by the
local population to the plesiosaurs found in the phosphates, and Greek, saurus,
"lizard."
Species: oceanis VINCENT, BARDET, PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, BOUYA, AMAGHZAZ & MESLOUH,
2011
Etymology: Latin, oceanis, "daughter of the sea."
Holotype: OCP-DEK/GE 315
Locality: Sidi Daoui area, near Oued Zem city northeastern part of the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
Horizon: Upper CIII level.
Biostriatigraphy:
Age: Upper Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: An incomplete dorsoventrally crushed skull and associated mandible.
Paratype:
OCP-DEK/GE 456: A complete mandible.
Referred material:
LOMAX & WAHL, 2013
WDC CMC-01: Skull and skeleton.
After LOMAX & WAHL, 2013.