Also known as Essaouira Basin

Where: Safi, Morocco (32.3° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)

• Les dépôts jurassico-crétacés traversés par ce sondage sont agencés en onze niveaux

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, argillaceous, silty siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: M. Aadjour, H. Slimani, B. Fedan, R. F. Elzaroug, S. Rasul, B. Thusu, and A. Morabet. 2005. Palynostratigraphie des dépôts jurassico-crétacés des sondages MAC-1 (bassin de Doukkala) et ADM-1 (bassin d’Essaouira), Ouest du Maroc. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat 27:1-15 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137368: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 15.12.2012

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