A2, road from Menizla to Agadir Ou Azizen: Stephanian B, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Spiloblattinidae
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Spiloblattina pygmaea
(Meunier 1904)
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Hmich et al. 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| A2-1 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mylacridae
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Opsiomylacris thevenini
(Meunier 1912)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Paromylacris thevenini | ||||||||||
| A2/6, 2/9, 2/34 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 9.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° South, 0.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 1065 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Stephanian B | ||
| Age range of interval: | 301.40000 - 300.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Menizla |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,black lithified "shale" | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - small | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Lacustrine sediments in alluvial plain sediments. Ida Ou Zal subbasin of Souss Basin, representing the earliest post-Hercynian extensional phase. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Université Chouaib Doukkali, Départment de Géologie, El Jadida, Morocco | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 155288 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-04-05 23:58:13 | Last modified: | 2014-04-05 23:58:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-05 23:58:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50642. | D. Hmich, J. W. Schneider, J. Saber and M. El Wartiti. 2003. First Permocarboniferous insects (blattids) from North Africa (Morocco) - implications on palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimatology. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 499:117-134 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 50643 | D. Hmich, J. W. Schneider, H. Saber and M. El Wartiti. 2005. Spiloblattinidae (Insecta, Blattida) from the Carboniferous of Morocco, North Africa - implications for biostratigraphy. In S. G. Lucas, K. E. Zeigler (eds.), The Nonmarine Permian, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 30:111-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |