Where: Morocco (29.9° N, 6.8° W: paleocoordinates 57.6° S, 23.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus dehiscens conodont zone, Merzâ- Akhsaï Formation (Rich Group), Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)
• Given as ? kitabicus / dehiscens; however, Polygnathus dehiscens and Eocostapolygnathus kitabicus are nearly identical
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; claystone and marl
•The lower faunule here consists of bactritoids, bivalves, trilobites, phyllocarids and bioclast-encrusting tabulate corals
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: K. De Baets, C. Klug, and Y. Plusquellec. 2010. Zlíchovian faunas with early ammonoids from Morocco and their use for the correlation of the eastern Anti-Atlas and the western Dra Valley. Bulletin of Geosciences 85(2):317-352 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150580: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Edrioasteroidea | |
Trilobita | |
"Pilletina zguidensis" = Morzadecops zguidensis, Metacanthina sp.
"Pilletina zguidensis" = Morzadecops zguidensis Morzadec 2001 trilobite
Metacanthina sp. Pillet 1954 trilobite | |
Malacostraca | |
Gastropoda | |
Palaeozygopleura vaneki Frýda et al. 2008 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. nautiloid | |
"Lenzites gesinae" = Klugites gesinae
"Lenzites gesinae" = Klugites gesinae Klug 2001 ammonite | |
"Anetoceras obliquecostatum" = Ruanites obliquecostatus
"Anetoceras obliquecostatum" = Ruanites obliquecostatus Ruan and He 1974 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Hyolitha | |
Orthotheca sp. Novak 1886 | |
Polychaeta | |
Lepidocoleus rugatus scale worm | |
Anthozoa | |
Michelinia mdaourensis tabulate coral |