Tazigzaout, central High Atlas, third reef complex (Jurassic to of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 3448

Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 4.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Tazigzaout Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• coral patch reefs
• 2 major reef levels (thickness 10m and 15m) separated by 30m of shaly marls and bioclastic limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Ait Addi. 2006. The dogger reef horizons of the Moroccan Central High Atlas: New data on their development. Journal of African Earth Sciences 45:162-172 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68166: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida -
Spongiomorpha indet. Alloiteau 1952
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Gymnocidaris pustulosa Agassiz 1846 sea urchin
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha (Actinostreon) sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram