Idmarrach fm., section2, upper bed, Adarouch area, Atlas, El Hajeb (Carboniferous of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 3743

Where: Morocco (33.5° N, 5.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.9° S, 12.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Idmarrach Formation, Brigantian (335.9 - 330.3 Ma)

• Idmarrach Formation, about 50 Meter

•section 2

•upper bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: I. Said, M. Berkhli, and S. Rodriguez. 2007. Preliminary data on the coral distribution in the Upper Visean (Mississippian) succession from Adarouch area (NE Central Morocco). Hubann, B. & Piller, W. E. (Eds.)2007: Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003.- Österr. Akad. Wiss. Schriftenr. Erdwiss. Komm. 17:353-363 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79405: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 07.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum interrruptum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Palastraea regia
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
Palastraea regia Phillips 1836 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
? Spirophyllum sp., Arachnolasma sp., Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Clisiophyllum sp., Aulophyllum fungites
? Spirophyllum sp. Fedorowski 1970 horn coral
Arachnolasma sp. Grabau 1922 horn coral
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Axophyllum cf. pseudokirsopianum
Axophyllum cf. pseudokirsopianum Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Aulokoninckophyllum sp., Siphonodendron intermedium, Siphonodendron multiradiale, Lithostrotion decipiens, Lithostrotion vorticale, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum, Diphyphyllum fasciculatum
Aulokoninckophyllum sp. Sando 1976 horn coral
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Lithostrotion vorticale Parkinson 1808 horn coral
Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Fleming 1828 horn coral