Emsian at Jebel Ouaoufilal West, S. Tafilalt (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 24.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• serotinus zone

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and marl

Primary reference: C. Klug. 2002. Quantitative stratigraphy and taxonomy of late Emsian and Eifelian ammonoids of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 238:1-109 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38796: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 04.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Monograph covers ammonoids only; conodonts also listed for this section.
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Latanarcestidae
Chlupacites praeceps Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
Latanarcestes noeggerathi von Buch 1832 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae
Achguigites tafilaltensis Klug 2002 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Anarcestes simulans Barrande 1865 ammonite
Anarcestes latissimus Chlupac and Turek 1983 ammonite
Anarcestes plebeius Barrande 1865 ammonite
Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi Kayser 1884 ammonite
Sellanarcestes tenuior Walliser 1965 ammonite
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae