Ouidane Chebbi, Faunule 1 (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.2° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° S, 28.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: dehiscens zone, Seheb El Rhassel Group, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; claystone and marl

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. Klug, B. Kröger, D. Korn, M. Rücklin, M. Schemm-Gregory, K. De Baets, and R. H. Mapes. 2008. Ecological Change during the early Emsian (Devonian) in the Tafilalt (Morocco),the Origin of the Ammonoidea,and the First African Pyrgocystid Edrioasteroids,Machaerids and Phyllocarids. Palaeontographica Abteilung A (Band 283)83-176 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150334: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Edrioasteroidea
 Edrioasterida - Rhenopyrgidae
Rhenopyrgus flos
  - Pyrgocystidae
Pyrgocystis cf. octogona
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Chondrichthyes
  - Machaeracanthidae
Machaeracanthus cf. peracutus
Machaeracanthus cf. peracutus Newberry 1857 spiny fish
Placodermi
 Arthrodira -
Brachythoraci indet.
Brachythoraci indet. Gross 1932 armour-plated fish
Polychaeta
 Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae
Lepidocoleus rugatus
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Arduspirifer arduennensis
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
Quadrithyris termierae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
cf. Protathyris sp., cf. Svetlania sp.
cf. Svetlania sp. Baranov 1982
 Athyridida - Meristidae
cf. Merista sp.
cf. Merista sp. Suess 1851
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Orthotheca sp.
Orthotheca sp. Novak 1886
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia zlichovensis
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Panenka cf. hollardi
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Patrocardia sp., Patrocardia evolvens
Patrocardia sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Patrocardia evolvens Barrande 1881 clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca cf. chemungensis
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia rostellata
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo emarginata
Palaeoneilo emarginata Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cucullella (Cucullella) triquetra" = Nuculites
"Cucullella (Cucullella) triquetra" = Nuculites clam
 Nuculida -
Nuculoidea grandaeva, Eonuculoma babini
Cephalopoda
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
Devonobactrites obliquiseptatus
 Oncocerida - Archiacoceratidae
Archiacoceras sp.
Archiacoceras sp. Foerste 1926
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceratidae indet.
Pseudorthoceratidae indet. Flower and Caster 1935
 Nautilida - Rutoceratidae
Trochoceras sp.
Trochoceras sp. Barrande in von Hauer 1848
 Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Temperoceras sp.
Temperoceras sp. Barskov 1960
 Orthocerida - Arionoceratidae
Parakionoceras sp.
Parakionoceras sp. Foerste 1928
 Orthocerida -
Murchisoniceras murchisoni
 Orthocerida - Sphaerorthoceratidae
Plagiostomoceras hassichebbiense
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Infundibuloceras brevimira, Chebbioceras erfoudense, Orthocycloceras "sp. A"
Infundibuloceras brevimira Klug et al. 2008
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina (Sinuitina) sp.
Sinuitina (Sinuitina) sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Crenistriella sp.
Crenistriella sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Lukesispira pulchra
Lukesispira pulchra Frýda and Manda 1997 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura sp.
Palaeozygopleura sp. Horný 1955 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops (Reedops) cephalotes" = Reedops cephalotes, Phacops (Phacops) saberensis
"Phacops (Reedops) cephalotes" = Reedops cephalotes Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Phacops (Phacops) saberensis Morzadec 1969 trilobite