Mader Basin - Mad`ene el Mrakib (Devonian to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.7° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° S, 29.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: ensensis to hemiansatus conodont zone, Taboumakhloûf Formation, Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• upper Eifelian-middle Givetian Taboumakhloûf Formation

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; nodular limestone and nodular wackestone

• the lower Givetian strata exposed at Mad`ene el Mrakib are among the shallowestwater Middle Devonian deposits of the Mader Basin
• studied brachiopods originate from fossiliferous, thin-bedded, 2.5 m-thick nodular

•limestone (mudstones/packstones)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Zatón, R. Nawrot, M. Jakubowicz, A. Ernst, M. Rakocnski, B. Berkowski, and Z. Belka. 2022. Middle Devonian brachiopod-hosted sclerobiont assemblage from the northern shelf of Gondwana (Mader Basin, Morocco): Diversity, colonization patterns and relation to coeval palaeocommunities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 594:110947 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 226635: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 19.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tabulata indet., Conodonta indet., Bryozoa indet., Gastropoda indet., Microconchidae indet., Hederelloidae indet., Cyclostomata indet., Rothpletzella sp., Rugosa indet.
Tabulata indet.
branching and platy
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
cf. Tetrataxis sp.
cf. Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Stromatoporoidea
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? Stromatoporoidea indet.
? Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
sheet-like
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp., Clionolithes sp.
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908 demosponge
ichnospecies
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp.
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet., Aulopora sp.
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Macgeea sp.
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral
 Stauriida - Halliidae
Blothrophyllum sp.
Blothrophyllum sp. Billings 1859 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hadrophyllidae
Microcyclus roberti
Microcyclus roberti Maitre 1952 horn coral
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum sp.
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp.
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllidae indet.
Cystiphyllidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
rare
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sandalina
Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral
Hydrozoa
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Roseoporella sp.
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida -
Cystoporida indet.
Cystoporida indet. Astrova 1964
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
? Microcampylus sp., Eostenopora clivosa
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
? Atactotoechus sp.
? Atactotoechus sp. Duncan 1939
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp.
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa "sp. 1", Corynotrypa "sp. 2"
Corynotrypa "sp. 1" Bassler 1911
Corynotrypa "sp. 2" Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata -
Trepostomata indet.
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp., Leioclema decipiens
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cystoporata -
Cystoporata indet.
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora boardmani, Fistulipora trifoliata, Fistuliphragma gracilis, Fistuliphragma eifeliensis, Eridopora orbiculata
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
? Tectulipora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
? Petaloporella sp.
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
Ascodictyon sp., Ascodictyon sparsiforme, Ascodictyon vinelloforme
 Ctenostomata - Vinellidae
Vinella sp.
Vinella sp. Ulrich 1890
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Deliella sp.
Deliella sp. Halamski 2004
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia sp.
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Xystostrophia sp.
Xystostrophia sp. Havlicek 1965
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Poloniproductus sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Glyptogypa sp., Devonogypa sp.
Devonogypa sp. Havlicek 1951
 Atrypida -
Atrypida sp.
Atrypida sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Kransia sp.
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp.
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Quiringites sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulitidae indet., Cornulites sp.
Cornulitidae indet. Fischer 1962
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Tentaculita
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Anticalyptraea sp.
Anticalyptraea sp. Quenstedt 1867
 Microconchida -
Palaeoconchus sp.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Drotops megalomanicus
Drotops megalomanicus Struve 1990 trilobite
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
hodfasts
Conodonta
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp.
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Eifelian strata
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus ensensis, Polygnathus hemiansatus, Polygnathus klapperi, Polygnathus sp., Polygnathus linguiformis
Polygnathus ensensis conodont
Eifelian strata
Polygnathus hemiansatus conodont
Givetian strata
Polygnathus klapperi conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis klapperi; Eifelian and Givetian strata
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
Givetian strata
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnatus linguiformis linguiformis, Polygnatus linguiformis ssp., Eifelian and Givetian strata