Al Khaloua, sample 12 (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.9° N, 6.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 21.7° E)

When: Safsaf Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and dolomite

• dolomitic limestone/dolomite, cherty in Tiflet area

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. M. Benfrika, P. Bultynck, and A. El Hassani. 2007. Upper Silurian to Middle Devonian conodont faunas from the Rabat–Tiflet area (northwestern Moroccan Meseta). Geological Quarterly 51(4):393-406 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska/S. Haegele]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186423: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Sarah Haegele on 22.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Pelekysgnathus serratus, Caudicriodus celtibericus, "Latericriodus bilatericrescens" = Icriodus
Pelekysgnathus serratus conodont
Subspecies "Pelekysgnathus serratus serratus"
"Latericriodus bilatericrescens" = Icriodus conodont
Subspecies "Latericriodus bilatericrescens bilatericrescens"
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina steinhornensis Ziegler 1956 conodont
Subspecies "Ozarkodina steinhornensis miae"
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus dehiscens conodont
Subspecies "Polygnatus dehiscens vel kitabicus"
 Belodellida - Belodellidae