Jbel Ofaten (Devonian of Morocco)

Also known as Jbel Oufatene or Oufatène

Where: South, Morocco (30.8° N, 4.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 19.1° E)

When: Taboumakhlouf Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• 15 m above Diademaproetus couche. That should be Taboumakhlouf formation.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A.P. Van Viersen and D. Holland. 2016. Morphological trends and new species of Cyphaspis (Trilobita, Otarioninae) in the Devonian of Morocco, Turkey, Germany and Belgium. Geologica Belgica 19:251-271 [A. Van Viersen/A. Van Viersen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229393: authorized by Allart Van Viersen, entered by Allart Van Viersen on 08.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis eximia n. sp. Van Viersen and Holland 2016 trilobite