Fauna of level 6 (base of Pragian), Anti-Atlas: Pragian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Onoetodus sp.2
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| genus name in quotes; author=Le Fevre | ||||||||||
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? Onoetodus sp.
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| genus name in quotes; "precurseur sp. 2" | ||||||||||
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
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Trichonodella excavata
(Ziegler 1960)
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| recombined as Oulodus walliseri | ||||||||||
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Conodonta
- Panderodontida
- Panderodontidae
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Panderodus ex gr. striatus
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Uncinulidae
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Eucharitina oehlerti
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Rhynchonellata
- Protorthida
- Skenidiidae
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Skenidioides cf. suburbanum
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Prokopia bouskai
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Tentaculita
- Nowakiida
- Nowakiidae
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Nowakia acuaria
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Acastidae
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? Metacanthina cf. hammerschmidti
(Richter and Richter 1939)
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| recombined as Rhenops hammerschmidti | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 7.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° South, 24.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Pragian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 | *Epoch: | Helderberg |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Pragian | ||
| Key time interval: | Pragian | Other zone: | Nowakia acuaria |
| Age range of interval: | 410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kess Kess | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: PJW: This should be Kess Kess now. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: "...base de la formation d'Assa generalement calcaire ou marno-calcaire, reposant en 5 probablement en continuite au SW, mais en transgression sur 4 au NE du Dra et dans Tafilalt..." | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13939 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-03 12:01:59 | Last modified: | 2024-05-25 22:30:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-03 12:01:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6170. | H. Hollard. 1977. Le domaine de l'Anti-Atlas au Maroc. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5) 168-194 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |