GI-J, Gara el Itima (Carboniferous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.1° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Goniatites - Eoglyphioceras ammonoid zone, Zrigat Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Goniatites - Eoglyphioceras ammonoid Genus-Zone. Horizon GI-1.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified sandstone

• upper part of a regressive cycle, maximum prograding of a distal delta
• sandstones with poorly exposed shales and siltstones and limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by V. Ebbighausen, D. Korn in 2004; reposited in the MfN

Primary reference: C. Klug, S. Döring, D. Korn and V. Ebbinghausen. 2006. The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9(1):3-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61436: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Prolecanites maeandricus n. sp.
Prolecanites maeandricus n. sp. Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Itimaites parabolicus n. gen. n. sp.
Itimaites parabolicus n. gen. n. sp. Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Calygirtyoceras zrigatense n. sp.
Calygirtyoceras zrigatense n. sp. Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites rodioni n. sp.
Goniatites rodioni n. sp. Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite