Ouarourout II. A4 (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.1° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.3° S, 22.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chefar el Ahmar Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; limestone

• These hemipelagic deposits were accumulated on a distal platform that deepens into a subsident basin.
• pseudonodular limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Crônier, A. Abbache, A. Y. Khaldi, M. Oudot, S. Maillet and A. O. Mehadji. 2018. Middle Devonian trilobites of the Saoura Valley, Algeria: insights into their biodiversity and Moroccan affinities. Geological Magazine 155(4):811-840 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214956: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Diademaproetus sp., Koneprusites cf. moestus
Diademaproetus sp. Alberti 1964 trilobite
Diademaproetus del Cornuproetus
Koneprusites cf. moestus Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Aulacopleura cf. beyrichi
Aulacopleura cf. beyrichi Novák 1890 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis "sp. A"
Cyphaspis "sp. A" Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Thysanopeltis aff. speciosa
Thysanopeltis aff. speciosa Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Barrandeops "sp. F"" = Morocops, Chotecops hoseri, Phacops "sp. E"
"Barrandeops "sp. F"" = Morocops Basse 2006 trilobite
Chotecops hoseri Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
Phacops "sp. E" Emmrich 1839 trilobite