Tizi n’Telgane (Cambrian of Morocco)

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

• The Formation commences with episodic hiatal shell accumulation layers capped with stromatolitic crusts and interbedded with mudstone—the Brèche à Micmacca Member—and passes upwards into the muddier Tarhoucht Member.

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

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Taxonomic list

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Helicocystis moroccoensis
  - Helicocystitidae
Helicocystis moroccoensis n. gen. n. sp.
Helicocystis moroccoensis n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Zamora 2013