Where: Western Sahara (26.3° N, 11.1° W: paleocoordinates 71.5° S, 10.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ludfordian to Ludfordian (425.6 - 419.2 Ma)

• More recent conodont studies from the "Orthoceras limestones" of NW Africa suggest a Ludfordian or Pridoli age for the unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, blue packstone

Size class: 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 209259: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2020

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