Fès region (Miocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.0° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Upper Tortonian ?

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; blue marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-P. Chevalier. 1962. Les Madréporaires miocènes du Maroc. Notes et mémoires du service geologique 173:1-74 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161325: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Solenastraea cf. peroni" = Solenastrea
"Solenastraea cf. peroni" = Solenastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea cf. reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Cyphastraea coloi Chevalier 1961 stony coral