GI-A, Gara el Itima (Ebbighausen/Korn 2004 collection): Brigantian, Morocco
collected by V. Ebbighausen, D. Korn 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Delepinoceratidae
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Dombarites granofalcatus
(Kullmann 1961)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Goniatitidae
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? Neogoniatites sp.
Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Neogoniatites worki
Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Anthracoceratidae
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Sudeticeras fornicum
Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Ephippioceratidae
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Ephippioceras pygops n. sp.
Korn and Klug 2023
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Korn and Klug 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Temnocheilidae
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Temnocheilus imazighenorum n. sp.
Korn and Klug 2023
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Korn and Klug 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 3.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.4° South, 0.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Brigantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Zrigat | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Zrigat Formation, Lusitanoceras - Lyrogoniatites ammonoid Genus-Zones.
Heidelberger et al. 2010: Dombarites granofalcatus Assemblage – The occurrence of the index species may indicate a middle Brigantian age, perhaps near the occurrence of the related genus Lusitanoceras in Central Europe. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: sandstones with shales and siltstones and limestones | |
| Environment: | basinal (siliciclastic) |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MfN | ||
| Collectors: | V. Ebbighausen, D. Korn | Collection dates: | 2004 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157739 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-01 22:05:42 | Last modified: | 2014-07-01 23:24:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-01 22:05:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17715. | C. Klug, S. Döring, D. Korn and V. Ebbinghausen. 2006. The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9(1):3-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 85781 | D. Korn and C. Klug. 2023. Early Carboniferous coiled nautiloids from the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). European Journal of Taxonomy 885:156-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |