Fauna of level 5, 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: Icriodus pesavis conodont zone, Kess Kess Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• PJW: This should be Kess Kess now.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and ferruginous, sandy limestone

• "Pelites roses avec calcaires sableux ferrugineux et gres rouille du SW du Dra, s'aminicissant rapidement vers le NE et peut-etre absents a l'Iriqui et dans Tafilalt.."

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 13938: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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"Onoetodus" beckmanni
genus name in quotes
"Onoetodus" typica
genus name in quotes
Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
 Ozarkodinida -
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Lonchodina detorta, "Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata
Lonchodina detorta Walliser 1964 conodont
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella levis trilobite
Acastella tanzidensis Hollard 1963 trilobite
Acastella ex gr. rouaulti Tromelin and Lebesconte 1876 trilobite
Acastella granulosa Hollard 1963 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
"Digonus aff. vialai" = Parahomalonotus vialai, Digonus "sp. A"
"Digonus aff. vialai" = Parahomalonotus vialai Gosselet 1912 trilobite
Digonus "sp. A" Guerich 1909 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" paretiforms
genus name in quotes
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Meganteris sp. Suess 1855
 Terebratulida - Cimicinellidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880
 Athyridida - Athyrididae