Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 63.7° S, 115.4° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Breche a Micmacca Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, yellow, sandy marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: Only includes brachiopods for genus/species descriptions.
Primary reference: G. Geyer and T. Vincent. 2015. The Paradoxides puzzle resolved: the appearance of the oldest paradoxidines and its bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:335-398 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847 | |
Trilobita | |
Shergoldiella vincenti Geyer 2006 trilobite | |
Protolenus (Protolenus) densigranulatus, Ornamentaspis cf. angustigena, Kingaspidoides neglectus, Kingaspidoides laetus, Latoucheia (Latoucheia) epichara, Hamatolenus (Hamatolenus) cf. draensis
Protolenus (Protolenus) densigranulatus Geyer 1990 trilobite
Ornamentaspis cf. angustigena Geyer 2014 trilobite
Kingaspidoides neglectus trilobite
Kingaspidoides laetus trilobite
Latoucheia (Latoucheia) epichara trilobite
Hamatolenus (Hamatolenus) cf. draensis trilobite | |
"Acadoparadoxides pampalius" = Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides), Acadoparadoxides levisettii
"Acadoparadoxides pampalius" = Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) trilobite
Acadoparadoxides levisettii Geyer and Vincent 2015 trilobite | |
Obolellata | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
Edrioasteroidea indet. Billings 1858 |