Djebel Ziata (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.3° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 16.2° E)

When: middle Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Bou Tchrafine Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal limestone

• calcaire bioclastique grossier à styliolines, brachiopodes et conodontes

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Feist and B. Orth. 2000. Trilobites de la limite Eifélien/Givétien de la région stratotypique (Tafilalet, Maider, Maroc). Proceedings of the Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS)–IGCP 421 Morocco Meeting 20:78-91 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207847: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.02.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
misentered Orbitoproetus (Helmutia) rissanensis
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutelluinae indet.
Scutelluinae indet. Richter and Richter 1955 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Charybdaspis sp., Koneprusiinae "indet."
Charybdaspis sp. Basse 1998 trilobite
Koneprusiinae "indet." Vanek and Pek 1987 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Dechenella aff. gigouti, Dechenella ziatensis n. sp., Koneprusites sp., "Gerastos cf. umerbianus" = Gerastos prox umerbianus
Dechenella aff. gigouti Richter and Richter 1950 trilobite
Dechenella ziatensis n. sp. Feist and Orth 2000 trilobite
Koneprusites sp. Pribyl 1964 trilobite
"Gerastos cf. umerbianus" = Gerastos prox umerbianus Alberti 1969 trilobite
Gerastos prox cf. umerbianus
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp.
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite