Taichoute (Ordovician of Morocco)

Where: Anti Atlas, Morocco (31.0° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 76.2° S, 104.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Upper Member (Fezouata Formation), Floian (477.7 - 470.0 Ma)

• 90 km N of Zagora, 37 km NE of Tazzarine, 16 km SW of Alnif

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; concretionary, nodular siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: B. Kröger and B. Lefebvre. 2012. Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Fossil Record 15(2):61-75 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166734: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

 Rhombifera - Macrocystellidae
"Macrocystella bohemica" = Macrocystella bohemicus
"Macrocystella bohemica" = Macrocystella bohemicus Barrande 1867
Soluta
 Syringocrinida - Plasiacystidae
Plasiacystis mobilis Prokop and Petr 2004
Cephalopoda
 Ellesmerocerida - Bathmoceratidae
Bathmoceras taichoutense Kröger and Lefebvre 2012