Limestone/Shale in the Foucald Region (Pridoli Part) (Silurian of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (33.1° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° S, 20.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• "Scyphocrinus [sic] elegans...suggests Pridoli age"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
• Some 500km NW of Pridolian shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455.
• "Shales and interbedded limestone nodules"
Primary reference: W. B. N. Berry and A. J. Boucot. 1973. Correlation of the African Silurian rocks. Geological Society of America Special Paper 147:1-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27387: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.12.2002
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Scyphocrinites elegans Sea lily | |