Moulay Idriss, Atlas Mountains (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (34.1° N, 5.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, 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 33613: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderosmilia toarciensis
 Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Andemantastraea consobrina
 Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae
Macgeopsis sp.
Macgeopsis sp. Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia convergens n. sp., Microphyllia lineata n. sp.
Microphyllia convergens n. sp. Beauvais 1986 stony coral
Microphyllia lineata n. sp. Beauvais 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina bernardiana