Where: Morocco (33.5° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 69.0° S, 103.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dar Bou Azza Formation, Paibian (497.0 - 494.0 Ma)

• Just above base of formation. The Dar Bou Azza overlies the El Hank formation and underlies Oum-er-Rbia Formation that lies 23 metres below the base of the overlying Imfout Formation. Middle Arenig age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; micaceous, green shale and lenticular sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: Reposited in Geomining Museum of the Spanish Geological Survey, Madrid (MGM)

Primary reference: M. Mergl, G. Geyer, and A. El Attari. 1998. The billingsellid genus Saccogonum (Brachiopoda) from the Moroccan Cambrian and its significance for the regional geology and stratigraphy. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 209(3):273-293 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203341: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.08.2019

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