Koudiat ed Diab, Unit 1 (Silurian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.6° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 66.7° S, 20.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Koudiat ed Diab Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; black, silty shale and limestone

• Carbonate platform

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Eichholt, R. T. Becker, Z. S. Aboussalam, A. El Hassani, A. May, U. Jansen, A. Ernst and F. El Kamel. 2021. Devonian of the Mechra Ben Abbou region (Rehamna) – new data on the reef succession, microfacies, stratigraphy, and palaeogeography. Frontiers in Science and Engineering 10(2):109-152 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221409: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites sp. Zenker 1833 Sea lily