Destombes Loc. 1080, SE du Jbel Amouguer, talus de l'Isk n'Brahim (Ordovician of Morocco)

Also known as Ktaoua Grp, Upper Ktaoua Fm., Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Where: Maïder, Morocco (31.1° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 83.7° S, 62.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Ktaoua Formation (Ktaoua Group), Kosovian (445.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified shale and lithified, concretionary, argillaceous limestone

• Fine-grained, light shale with pellitic, lenticular limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Destombes. 1971. L'ordovicien au Maroc; essai de synthese stratigraphique. Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières 73:237-263 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20996: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 14.06.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Mucronaspis termieri, Dreyfussina sp., Eudolatites maiderensis
Dreyfussina sp. Hupé 1956 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Baniaspis sp., Kloucekia sp.
Baniaspis sp. Destombes 1972 trilobite
Kloucekia sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene ouzregui
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
"Brongniartella marocana" = Brongniartella platynota marocana, Calymenella sp.
"Brongniartella marocana" = Brongniartella platynota marocana Destombes 1972 trilobite
Calymenella sp. Bergeron 1890 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Actinopeltis sp.
Actinopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Amphitryon sp.
Amphitryon sp. Hawle and Corda 1874 trilobite
[entered as Amphytrion sp.]
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithus sp., Onnia sp.
Cryptolithus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
Onnia sp. Bancroft 1933 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp.
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Lichas sp.
Lichas sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp.
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Elegantilites aff. elegans
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula termieri
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Comatopoma sp.
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Hirnantia sagittifera
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eochonetes sp.
Eochonetes sp. Reed 1917
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea sp.
Chonetoidea sp. Jones 1928
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta sp.
Eostropheodonta sp. Bancroft 1949
Diploporita
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Pemphocystis sp., Destombesia sp.
 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites sp.
Echinosphaerites sp. Wahlenberg 1818
 Sphaeronitida - Aristocystitidae
Maghrebocystis pachytheca
Maghrebocystis pachytheca Chauvel 1966
Maghrebocystis pachytheca cupuliformis