Rich Bel Ras (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.8° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 4.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Famennian (370.6 - 364.7 Ma)

• Extracted from the Thylacocephalan Layer.

Environment/lithology: marine; massive, pyritic ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Jobbins, M. Rücklin, H. G. Ferrón and C. Klug. 2022. A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology. 10(969158):1-20 [M. Uhen/H. Ali/H. Ali]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231912: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Hussam Ali on 02.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Selenosteidae
Amazichthys trinajsticae n. gen. n. sp.
Amazichthys trinajsticae n. gen. n. sp. Jobbins et al. 2022 armour-plated fish