Where: Morocco (31.3° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 115.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cephalopyge notabilis–Ornamentaspis frequens trilobite zone, Tarhoucht Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)
• Agdzian. (Cambrian stage 4–5 boundary)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: A. B. Smith and S. Zamora. 2013. Cambrian spiral-plated echinoderms from Gondwana reveal the earliest pentaradial body plan. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280(1765) [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161459: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Helicocystis moroccoensis | |
Helicocystis moroccoensis n. gen. n. sp.
Helicocystis moroccoensis n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Zamora 2013 |