Tiflet OT3-1 (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.9° N, 6.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 11.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: hemiansatus to timorensis conodont zone, A Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by S. Gouwy, M. Benfrika, S. Helsen, P. Bultynck in 1995

Collection methods: bulk, acetic,

• The collection is kept at the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (Brussels, Belgium)

Primary reference: S. Gouwy, M. Benfrika, S. Helsen and P. Bultynck. 2000. Late Emsian to early Givetian Conodont succession in the Tiflet area (north-western Meseta, Central Morocco). Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique de Rabat Série Géologie & Géographie physique 20:1-10 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145424: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 02.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus pseudofoliatus Wittekindt 1966 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
spp. linguiformis