Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 2.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Miltoceras sellae ammonoid zone, Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• The layers studied in the present work are interpreted as the transition between the Aberdouz and Ouchbis formations.
•Biohorizon Pseudoskirroceras mastodon.
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Sarih, J. Dommergues, K. E. Hariri, J. Garcia, and A. Quiquerez. 2007. Pseudoskirroceras, a remarkable but poorly known Early Pliensbachian Tethyan ammonite genus: New data from the High Atlas (Morocco). Journal of African Earth Sciences 49:90-102 [A. Kocsis/L. Mulvey/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197655: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Laura Mulvey on 20.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudoskirroceras mastodon Fucini 1935 ammonite |