Fauna of level 3 (basal Devonian, basal Rich Group) Anti-Atlas (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 7.3° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 24.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: des Rich Group, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone and black mudstone

• "...calcaires a brachiopodes et trilobites de la coupe de l'Iriqui, argilites noires a Monograptus uniforms ou praehercynius et leurs equivalents..."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Hollard. 1977. Le domaine de l'Anti-Atlas au Maroc. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5) 168-194 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13935: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002, edited by Antje Girndt

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
? Onoetodus sp.1
genus name in quotes; au.= Le Fevre
? Onoetodus ortuformis
genus name in quotes
? Onoetodus typica
genus name in quotes
Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Dicricoconidae
Dicricoconus sp. Fisher 1962
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Ptychosphaera constricta Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
? Strophostylus sp. Hall 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
 Tentaculitida - Uniconidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia paretiformis
genus name in quotes
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp. graptolite
genus name in quotes; uniformis or praehercynius
Monograptus microdon graptolite
genus name in quotes
Monograptus aequabilis graptolite
genus name in quotes
Monograptus praehercynius graptolite
genus name in quotes
Monograptus uniformis Pribyl 1940 graptolite
genus name in quotes
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
"Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina, Plectospathodus extensus, "Hindeodella priscilla" = Ozarkodina, Hindeodella equidentata, Spathognathodus primus, "Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis
"Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina conodont
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont
"Hindeodella priscilla" = Ozarkodina conodont
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis Ziegler 1956 conodont
subsp. remscheidensis
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
  -
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri, "Ligonodina diversa" = Oulodus
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans Walliser 1964 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
"Ligonodina diversa" = Oulodus conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Lonchodina greilingi Walliser 1957 conodont
Lonchodina detorta Walliser 1964 conodont
  -
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
Trichonodella symmetrica Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae