JM2: 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
ex gr. Olcostephanus sayni-subfilosus
originally entered as "Olcostephanus gr. sayni-subfilosus"
Olcostephanus atherstoni (Sharpe 1856)
Olcostephanus densicostatus (Wegner 1909)
Dobrodgeiceras ventrotuberculatum
synonym of Valanginites
originally entered as "Dobrogeiceras ventrotuberculatum"
aff. Dobrodgeiceras wilfridi
synonym of Valanginites
originally entered as "Dobrogeiceras aff. wilfridi"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
aff. Karakaschiceras brandesi
originally entered as "Karakaschiceras aff. brandesi"
cf. Karakaschiceras biassalense (Karakaschi 1889)
originally entered as "Karakaschiceras cf. biassalense"
ex gr. Kilianella superba Sayn 1907
recombined as Luppovella (Luppovella) superba
originally entered as "Kilianella gr. superba"
aff. Teschenites pachydicranus (Thieuloy 1977)
original and current combination Neocomites (Teschenites) pachydicranus
originally entered as "Teschenites aff. pachydicranus"
Neocomites teschenensis (Uhlig 1902)
recombined as Neocomites (Eristavites) teschenensis
ex gr. Neocomites neocomiensis (d'Orbigny 1841)
originally entered as "Neocomites gr. neocomiensis"
cf. Neohoploceras provinciale
originally entered as "Neohoploceras cf. provinciale"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Bochianites neocomiensis (d'Orbigny 1842)
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:Sidi Lhousseine
Local section:Jbel Mradma
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lime mudstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2063
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-21 08:49:04 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]