Agoudim (West Bou-Hamid) section, bed BH12 (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.1° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° N, 2.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Miltoceras 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.

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• 6-7 cm layers of marl and limestome.

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 197994: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Laura Mulvey on 06.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Metaderoceras ex gr. apertum Hariri et al. 1996 ammonite