SHH-8A, Raudat el Hach (Devonian of Western Sahara)

Where: Western Sahara (27.1° N, 11.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 2.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray packstone

• Gray slightly porous medium calcarenite flecked with limonite

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the SUI

Primary reference: R. L. Ethington and W. M. Furnish. 1962. Silurian and Devonian conodonts from Spanish Sahara. Journal of Paleontology 36:1253-1290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209256: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Manticoceras cf. intumescens
Manticoceras cf. intumescens Beyrich 1837 ammonite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina macra, Hindeodella subtilis
Ozarkodina macra Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Hindeodella subtilis Bassler 1925 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Ancyrodella curvata, Ancyrognathus asymmetrica, Polygnathus decorosa, Polygnathus normalis
Ancyrodella curvata Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Ancyrognathus asymmetrica Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont
Polygnathus normalis Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis subrecta
Palmatolepis subrecta Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont
  -
Acodina inoptinata, ? Palmatodella paridens
Acodina inoptinata Stauffer 1938 conodont
? Palmatodella paridens Huddle 1934 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Ligonodina delicata, Ligonodina flexuosa, Apatognathus lipperti
Ligonodina delicata Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Ligonodina flexuosa Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Apatognathus lipperti Bischoff 1956 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus symmetricus
Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Prioniodina aff. alternata, Neoprioniodus mutabilis
Prioniodina aff. alternata Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Neoprioniodus mutabilis Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Bryantodus nobilis, Bryantodus multidens, Lonchodina arcuata, Lonchodina robusta, Lonchodina acutula
Bryantodus nobilis Stauffer 1938 conodont
Bryantodus multidens Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Lonchodina arcuata Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Lonchodina robusta Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Lonchodina acutula Hiddle 1934 conodont
  -
Falcodus secundus, Trichonodella blanda
Falcodus secundus Youngquist 1945 conodont
Trichonodella blanda Stauffer 1940 conodont
Conodontophorida
  -
Roundya latipennata
Roundya latipennata Ziegler 1958