Shale in the Oued Tegget at Sidi-Amor (Pridoli Part) (Silurian of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (33.0° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 67.0° S, 23.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• Authors' age call based on shelly fossils.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
• Some 700-1000km NW of Pridoli shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455.
• "shale"
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 27394: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Crinoidea | |
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cf. Scyphocrinites elegans Sea lily | |
| Bivalvia | |
"cf. Avicula glabra" = Cheiopteria glabra
"cf. Avicula glabra" = Cheiopteria glabra Goldfuss 1837 oyster | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |