Where: Morocco (32.2° N, 4.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 23.2° N, 9.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Agoudim Formation, Discites (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)
• Lower member of the Agoudim Fm; Hypertioceras discites zone 'A'
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Specimen could be same as in Sadki D. and Almeras Y., 1992 - Le Brachiopods aaleno-bajociens de la region Rich (Haut-Atlas central, Maroc): implications biostratigraphiques et paleoecologiques. Cahiers Inst. Catho. Lyon, ser. Sci., 5: 93-105
Primary reference: D. Sadki. 1994. Proposition de la region de Rich (Haut-Atlas central marocain) comme stratotype auxiliaire submediterranen pour la limite Aalenien Bajocien. Geobios 17:431-440 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141227: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 21.03.2013
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Rhodaniceras prosphues" = Eudmetoceras, Haplopleuroceras subspinatum
"Rhodaniceras prosphues" = Eudmetoceras ammonite
Haplopleuroceras subspinatum Buckman and Buckman 1881 ammonite | |
"Hyperlioceras (Toxolioceras) sp." = Hyperlioceras, Graphoceras sp., Graphoceras (Ludwigella) limitatum
"Hyperlioceras (Toxolioceras) sp." = Hyperlioceras ammonite
Graphoceras sp. ammonite
Graphoceras (Ludwigella) limitatum Buckman 1902 ammonite | |
Asthenoceras sp. ammonite
Fontannesia sp. ammonite
Fontannesia montillanensis Linares and Sandoval 1988 ammonite | |
Trilobiticeras sp. Buckman 1919 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam | |
Nicaniella (Traustcholdia) sp. Chavan 1945 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |