GI-E, Gara el Itima (Aboussalam/Becker 2003-4 collection): Brigantian, Morocco
collected by Z.S. Aboussalam, R.T. Becker 2003, 2004

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Epicanites hamianensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
8 specimens
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Megapronorites itimensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Anthracoceratidae
Sudeticeras pusillobatum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
9 specimens
(2 measurements)
Sudeticeras occultornatum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae
Platygoniatites rhanemensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
9 specimens
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
? Neogoniatites sp. Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1970
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 31.1° North, 3.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° South, 0.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Middle Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Brigantian
Age range of interval:336.00000 - 326.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hamou-Rhanem
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: basal Hamou-Rhanem Formation; Lusitanoceras - Lyrogoniatites ammonoid Genus-Zones.

Heidelberger et al: Platygoniatites rhanemensis Assemblage – The co-occurrence of the genera Platygoniatites, Neogoniatites, Hypergoniatites, Dombarites, and Sudeticeras resembles faunas from the so-called Nm1a Zone of the South Urals (Ruzhencev & Bogoslovskaya 1971). This zone is situated below the entry of the genus Cravenoceras, and therefore, a late Brigantian age is most likely (Korn et al. 2007).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: monotonous shales
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MfN
Collectors:Z.S. Aboussalam, R.T. Becker Collection dates:2003, 2004
Metadata
Database number:157743
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-07-01 22:45:27 Last modified:2014-07-01 23:28:00
Access level:the public Released:2014-07-01 22:45:27
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]