Also known as Horizon TAR-0.7, Tarhoucht, Morocco - Geyer and Mergl 1997
Where: Morocco (31.5° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 61.5° S, 115.8° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cephalopyge notabilis trilobite zone, Breche a Micmacca Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)
• About 0.7 m above the base of the bed. It is from this section that most of the spectacular commercial giant Cambrian trilobites of Morocco come from. Lower portion of zone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, yellow, sandy marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate
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 9801: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 20.01.2001, edited by Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Edrioasteroidea | |
Edrioasteroidea indet.1 Billings 1858 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Latouchella sp.1 Cobbold 1921 | |
Marocella mira1 Geyer 1986 | |
Obolellata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Trilobita | |
Kingaspidoides neglectus1, Protolenus (Hupeolenus) termierelloides1, Protolenus (Hupeolenus) dimarginatus1, Protolenus (Hupeolenus) hupei1, Ourikaia calva1, Latoucheia (Latoucheia) epichara1, Latoucheia ourikaensis1
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Artiopoda | |
Tchernyshevioides ninae2 Repina 1975 | |
Morocconus notabilis1 Geyer 1988 |