Tazemmourt, upper Amouslek bioherms (Cambrian to of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 2169

Where: Morocco (30.4° N, 8.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 112.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amouslek Formation, Atdabanian to Atdabanian (521.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Beds 18 and 20 of Debrenne 1978

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• archaeocyath-microbial bioherms and biostromes intercalated in thick beds of green or purple shales

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 80901: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Neoloculicyathus abadiei
Neoloculicyathus abadiei archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra gemmata
Protopharetra gemmata archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus stipatus
Dictyocyathus stipatus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Afiacyathus pruvosti
Afiacyathus pruvosti archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus marocanus
Erismacoscinus marocanus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
"Mennericyathus echinus" = Agyrekocyathus
"Mennericyathus echinus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Saukiandidae
Resserops sp.
Resserops sp. Richter 1940 trilobite