Shoul Lst, RT II(-6 to -4), RT IV/1-2, RT VI/1-4, and RT VII/1-2, Rabat-Tiflet (Silurian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.0° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 69.1° S, 22.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shoul Limestone Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Shoul-Kalk. Oldest Budnanian. Section RT II, levels -6 to -4; RT IV/1-2; RT VI/1-4; RT VII/1-2.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone and shale

• From Ref. 7488: "The Rabat-Tiflet area is a complex "anticlinal resp. anticlinorial" structure (W-E). The beds are folded in a mediotype style and disturbed by normal faults and several overthrusts of limited extent. Traces of isoclinal folding are rare. The folding is the result of the Hercynian (Variscan) orogeny. The R-T area is a typical region of the so-called Hercynian-Bohemian facies development of the Silurian and Devonian, moreover in facies and faunal development very reminiscent of the barrandian area...It is characterized by a complete marine succession, a conformable gradual transition from the Upper Silurian (Budnanian) into the early Lower Devonian (Lochkovian), without any effects of the Late Caledonian orogeny."
• Lithology based on stratigraphic column. Principal lithologies are "Schwarze Plattenkalke mit Tonschiefer-Zwischenlagen" and "Duennplattige graue Schlammkalke"

Primary reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1970. Trilobiten des juengeren Siluriums sowie des Unter- und Mitteldevons. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 525:1-233 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27053: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Faunas of the R-T area include graptolites, tentaculitids, conodonts, and brachiopods. The last two groups have not been studied in detail.
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Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Kosovopeltis maroccanica n. sp.
Kosovopeltis maroccanica n. sp. trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion (Maurotarion) maurum, Otarion (Otarion) cf. diffractum
Otarion (Otarion) cf. diffractum Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Proetida - Scharyiidae
Scharyia micropyga
Scharyia micropyga Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) walliseri" = Interproetus walliseri
"Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) walliseri" = Interproetus walliseri Alberti 1967 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
? Eophacops bulliceps
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus aff. beaumonti
Encrinurus aff. beaumonti Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus (Cheirurus) strux n. sp.
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis grouensis n. sp.
Leonaspis grouensis n. sp. trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raphiophorus rouaulti
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Cyrtia sp.
Cyrtia sp. Dalman 1828
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
? Howellella sp.
? Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp.
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839 clam
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Retiolites spp.
Retiolites spp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp., Monograptus colonus, Monograptus fritschi, Monograptus haupti, Monograptus chimaera, Monograptus scanicus, Monograptus dubius, Monograptus micropoma, "Monograptus bohemicus" = Bohemograptus bohemicus
Monograptus sp. graptolite
Monograptus haupti graptolite
Monograptus dubius graptolite
"Monograptus bohemicus" = Bohemograptus bohemicus Barrande 1850 graptolite