JM1: Valanginian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras pseudoelegans (d'Orbigny 1841)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Spiticeras gratianopolitense
ex gr. Olcostephanus psilostomus
originally entered as "Olcostephanus gr. psilostomus"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Karakaschiceras inostransewi
ex gr. Sarasinella trezanesnsis-longi
originally entered as "Sarasinella gr. trezanesnsis-longi"
ex gr. Neocomites neocomiensis (d'Orbigny 1841)
originally entered as "Neocomites gr. neocomiensis"
cf. Thurmanniceras salientium
originally entered as "Thurmanniceras cf. salientium"
cf. Thurmanniceras allobrogicum
originally entered as "Thurmanniceras cf. allobrogicum"
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster granosus
Echinoidea - Disasteridae
Collyrites jaccardi
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Western High Atlas
Coordinates: 31.2° North, 7.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° North, 2.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
*Epoch:Neocomian
Key time interval:Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aground Ouadar
Local section:Jbel Mradma
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty lime mudstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2062
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-21 08:48:22 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57. J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]