Where: Morocco (31.1° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° S, 16.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: rhenanus/varcus conodont zone, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by Bultynck, Hollard
Collection methods: bulk, acetic
• the collection is kept at the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences in Brussels
Primary reference: M. Bensaid, P. Bultynck, P. Sartenaer, O. H. Walliser, and W. Ziegler. 1985. The Givetian-Frasnian boundary in pre-Sahara Morocco. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 75:287-300 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152955: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 04.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
Polygnathus rhenanus conodont
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940 conodont |