Ouarourout II. A2 (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 214958: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Struveaspis maroccanica, Phacops ouarouroutensis
Struveaspis maroccanica Alberti 1970 trilobite
Phacops ouarouroutensis Crônier et al. 2018 trilobite
Phacops ouarouroutensis ouarouroutensis