All specimens of Ocepeia come from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a phosphate basin.
The name Ocepeia derives from the initials of Office Chérifien des Phosphates (O.C.P.), the national Moroccan phosphate mining company that supported paleontological research in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, while the specific name daouiensis derives from Sidi Daoui, a fossil quarry within the Basin [REF].