Where: Morocco (31.2° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 81.9° S, 87.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tanuchitina fistulosa other zone, Jbel Tafersikt Member (Lower Ktaoua Formation), Berounian (457.9 - 449.8 Ma)
• This is the very top of the formation, which ekes into the Tanuchitina fistulosa chitinozoan zone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: phosphatic packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: J. J. Álvaro, E. Vennin, E. Villas, J. Destombes, and D. Vizcaïno. 2007. Pre-Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) benthic community assemblages: controls and replacements in a siliciclastic-dominated platform of the eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 245:20-36 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192913: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.04.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hyolitha | |
Nephrotheca sp. Marek 1966 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Tergomya | |
Sinuitopsis neglecta Perner 1903 | |
Gastropoda | |
Clathrospira amouguerana Horný 1997 snail | |
? Holopea antiquata Perner 1903 snail | |
Trilobita | |
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite | |
Calymenella sp. Bergeron 1890 trilobite | |
Flexicalymene tazarinensis Destombes 1966 trilobite | |
Dalmanitina (Dalmanitina) proaeva, "Eudolatites (Banilatites) inflatus" = Eudolatites inflatus
Dalmanitina (Dalmanitina) proaeva trilobite
"Eudolatites (Banilatites) inflatus" = Eudolatites inflatus Destombes 1972 trilobite | |
Kloucekia aff. solitaria trilobite | |
Actinopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite |