TZ-22 (Cambrian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.4° N, 8.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 113.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Erismacocisnus fasciolus–Retecoscinus minutus other zone, Amouslek Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3.

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•Erismacocisnus fasciolus–Retecoscinus minutus archaeocyathan Zone.

•Eofallotaspis trilobite Zone.

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•Fig. 2 illustrates 6 beds from which tommotiids are recovered, but it does not specify which is TZ-22.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• archaeocyath-microbial bioherms of the "archaeocyathid-bioherm facies" of the Tiout Member

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. B. Skovsted, S. Clausen, J. J. and D. Ponlevé. 2014. Tommotiids from the early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) of Morocco and the evolution of the tannuolinid scleritome and setigerous shell structures in stem group brachiopods. Palaeontology 57(1):171-192 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174244: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

• The tommotiid remains described below occurred in the flanks of archaeocyathan–microbial patches and bioherms in association with chancelloriid sclerites, sponge spicules, hyoliths, and tube-shaped microfossils (hyolithelids, torellellids), brachiopods and trilobites. At Tazemmourt, their occurrence is restricted to the lower 50 m of the Amouslek Formation.
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Brachiopoda
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? Oymurania "n. sp."
? Oymurania "n. sp." Kouchinsky et al. 2015
 Tommotiida - Tannuolinidae
Tannuolina maroccana n. sp.
Tannuolina maroccana n. sp. Skovsted et al. 2014