Where: Morocco (29.9° N, 6.8° W: paleocoordinates 57.6° S, 23.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus dehiscens conodont zone, Merzâ- Akhsaï Formation (Rich Group), Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• Given as ? kitabicus / dehiscens; however, Polygnathus dehiscens and Eocostapolygnathus kitabicus are nearly identical

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; claystone and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: K. De Baets, C. Klug, and Y. Plusquellec. 2010. Zlíchovian faunas with early ammonoids from Morocco and their use for the correlation of the eastern Anti-Atlas and the western Dra Valley. Bulletin of Geosciences 85(2):317-352 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150580: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.09.2013

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