Tarfaya (Cretaceous of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (27.7° N, 13.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 11.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185608: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.05.2017
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
Costagyra olisiponensis, Ceratostreon flabellatum, ? Laevigyra obliquala, "Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
? Laevigyra obliquala oyster
"Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
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Oscillopha syphax oyster | |