El Khraouia: Frasnian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Agoniatitida
- Beloceratidae
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Beloceras petterae
(Yatskov 1990)
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 4.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° South, 10.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.7 - 372.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: red-stained grey limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135692 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-02 19:48:34 | Last modified: | 2012-11-02 03:48:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-02 19:48:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43390. | D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, V. Ebbighausen and S. A. Walton. 2011. Beloceras, the most multilobate Late Devonian ammonoid. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(1):1-28 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |