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)

• Bed is approximately 2m thick, close to the base of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

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 9803: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 20.01.2001

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