Also known as Reef 2169

Where: Morocco (30.4° N, 8.7° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 113.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Amouslek Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Bed 12 of Debrenne 1978. Alvaro et al. 2006 transfer the "archaeocyathid-bioherm facies" of the Tiout Member of the Igoudine Formation into the Amouslek Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Geyer, E. Landing, and W. Heldmaier. 1995. Faunas and depositional environments of the Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions. Beringeria, Special Issue 2:47-119 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80885: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.05.2008

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