Horizon 397, Itsiar, Jbel Wawrmast Form., Morocco - Geyer and Mergl 1997 (Cambrian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° S, 111.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cephalopyge notabilis zone, Breche a Micmacca Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Solvan (510.2 - 504.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone

• Pale, grey, slightly dolomitic limestone (bioclastic wackestone) bearing abundant trilobite sclerites.

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: Only includes brachiopods for genus/species descriptions.

Primary reference: G. Geyer and M. Mergl. 1997. Protorthacean brachiopods from the Middle Cambrian of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):791-812 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9792: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 19.01.2001, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Protorthidae
Saesorthis simplicissima
Saesorthis simplicissima Mergl 1983
4 valves
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Weymouthiidae
? Cobboldites itsariensis n. sp.
? Cobboldites itsariensis n. sp. Geyer 1988