Bou Arfa (2), Atlas Mountains (Jurassic of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (32.5° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 0.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; dolomitic reef rocks
• les depots recifaux ou subrecifaux debutent des le Lias inferieur; ils sont amorces par des constructions de buttes de boue carbonatee, souvent dolomitisee et construites a partir d'organismes autres que les Madreporaires (Algues, Spongiaires). (interpreted as the reefs and subreef deposits begin in the lower Lias; they begin with the construction of carbonate mud mounds, which are often dolomitized and are composed in part of organisms other than coral (algae, sponges))
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33572: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.2003
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria dronovi stony coral | |
Coryphyllia subregularis n. sp.
Coryphyllia subregularis n. sp. stony coral | |
Stylophyllopsis sp. Frech 1890 stony coral |