Horizon with Black Limestone Nodules at Ben Slimane, Central Morocco (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.5° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 59.0° S, 21.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ben Slimane Kalkknollen Formation, Late/Upper Lochkovian (414.0 - 410.8 Ma)

• Latest Lochkovian, based on faunal content such as nowakiids. Given as Kalkknollen in Bault et al. (2021); however, as Kalkknollen is used for other rock units elsewhere, I have modified it with Ben Slimane.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black limestone

• Hercynian Massif of Central Morocco.
• "black limestone nodules"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: P. 8 of ref. 7487 and column 11 of table 3 of ref. 7485.

Primary reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1983. Trilobiten des juengeren Siluriums sowie des Unter-und Mittel-devons IV. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 64(1):1-87 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27156: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Monograph on trilobites. Other taxa mentioned if stratigraphically useful.
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops (Reedops) "sp. B"" = Reedops, Phacops maurusius, "Phacops (Prokops) slimanensis" = Boeckops slimanensis
"Phacops (Reedops) "sp. B"" = Reedops Richter and Richter 1925 trilobite
Phacops maurusius Alberti 1983 trilobite
"Phacops (Prokops) slimanensis" = Boeckops slimanensis Alberti 1981 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Cheirurus (? Crotalocephalina) chlupaci" = Crotalocephalina chlupaci
"Cheirurus (? Crotalocephalina) chlupaci" = Crotalocephalina chlupaci Přibyl and Vaňek 1962 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Prodrevermannia rabatensis Alberti 1969 trilobite
Erbenaspis erbeni Alberti 1970 trilobite
Erbenaspis cicatricosa Alberti 1970 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
"Otarion (Otarionella) proavus" = Otarionella
"Otarion (Otarionella) proavus" = Otarionella trilobite
Tentaculita
 Homoctenida - Paranowakiidae