Region of Taza -— Guercif — Taourirt, Lower Tortonian (Miocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.2° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 3.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Lower Tortonian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; conglomerate

• molasse

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 161390: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp., Porites cf. lobatosepta
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. felixi, Siderastrea miocenica
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea columnaeformis, Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
Palaeoplesiastraea columnaeformis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
var. montjamonti
Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis Michelin 1847 stony coral
var. tikhyaminensis
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites cf. neglecta, Tarbellastraea cf. reussiana, Tarbellastraea cf. conoidea
Favites cf. neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Tarbellastraea cf. reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Tarbellastraea cf. conoidea Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis" = Solenastrea romettensis, Solenastrea tizeroutinensis
"Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis" = Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864 stony coral
Solenastrea tizeroutinensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral