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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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