Cape Ghir, upper fore-reef slope (Jurassic to of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 2854

Where: Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco (30.6° N, 9.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 5.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral association 2 (corals 46%, matrix 54%) of the upper fore-reef slope

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Martin-Garin, B. Lathuiliere, J. Geister, E. H. Chellai, and V. Huault. 2007. Geology, facies model and coral associations of the Late Jurassic reef complex at Cape Ghir (Atlantic High Atlas, Morocco). Comptes Rendus Geoscience 339:65-74 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85541: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.01.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Psammogyra sp. Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Etallonasteria sp. Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraraeidae
? Haplaraea sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral