Amouslek, middle Amouslek bioherms (Cambrian of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 1762

Where: Morocco (30.2° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 63.8° S, 113.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amouslek Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Beds 12-14 of Debrenne 1978

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• archaeocyath-microbial bioherms and biostromes intercalated in thick beds of green shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Geyer, E. Landing, and W. Heldmaier. 1995. Faunas and depositional environments of the Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions. Beringeria, Special Issue 2:47-119 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80907: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Afiacyathus compositus
Afiacyathus compositus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus crassus
Nochoroicyathus crassus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Neoloculicyathus abadiei
Neoloculicyathus abadiei archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra aff. grandicaveata, Protopharetra taissensis
Protopharetra taissensis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Agastrocyathus gregarius
Agastrocyathus gregarius archaeocyath sponge