Where: Ant-Atlas, Morocco (30.4° N, 8.8° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 113.0° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Daguinaspis trilobite zone, Amouslek Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Shale unit 51

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, green shale

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk,

• The Brevipelta chouberti valves are all similar in size showing comparable ages. No immature shells or trilobite remains present.

Primary reference: G. Geyer. 2020. A critical evaluation of the Resserops clade (Trilobita: Despujolsiidae, early Cambrian) with remarks on related redlichiacean families. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 558(25):1-107 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232864: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.01.2024

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