Mader Basin - Mad`ene el Mrakib: Eifelian - Givetian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Drotops megalomanicus Struve 1990
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Poloniproductus sp.
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Xystostrophia sp. Havlicek 1965
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Quiringites sp.
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Glyptogypa sp.
Devonogypa sp. Havlicek 1951
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Kransia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida
Atrypida sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Deliella sp. Halamski 2004
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Leioclema decipiens Hall 1883
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata
Cystoporata indet. Astrova 1964
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliphragma gracilis
Fistuliphragma eifeliensis
Eridopora orbiculata
Fistulipora boardmani
Fistulipora trifoliata
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Eostenopora clivosa
? Microcampylus sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
? Atactotoechus sp. Duncan 1939
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida
Cystoporida indet. (Astrova 1964)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
? Tectulipora sp. Hall 1885
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
Corynotrypa informal sp. 1
Corynotrypa informal sp. 2
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
? Petaloporella sp.
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Vinellidae
Vinella sp. Ulrich 1890
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Ascodictyidae
Ascodictyon sp.
Ascodictyon sparsiforme
Ascodictyon vinelloforme
Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulitidae indet. Fischer 1962
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Tentaculita
Anticalyptraea sp. Quenstedt 1867
Tentaculita - Microconchida
Palaeoconchus sp. Vinn 2006
unclassified
Tabulata indet.
branching and platy
Conodonta indet.
Bryozoa indet.
Gastropoda indet.
Microconchidae indet.
Hederelloidae indet.
Cyclostomata indet.
Rothpletzella sp.
Rugosa indet.
Oichnus sp. Bromley 1981
ichnospecies
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus ensensis
Eifelian strata
Polygnathus hemiansatus
Givetian strata
Polygnathus klapperi
Polygnathus linguiformis klapperi; Eifelian and Givetian strata
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879
Givetian strata
Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879
Polygnatus linguiformis linguiformis, Polygnatus linguiformis ssp., Eifelian and Givetian strata
Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959
Eifelian strata
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
hodfasts
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908
Clionolithes sp. Clark 1908
ichnospecies
Stromatoporoidea
? Stromatoporoidea indet. (Nicholson and Murie 1878)
sheet-like
Hydrozoa
Roseoporella sp.
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
rare
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sandalina (Linnaeus 1771)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hadrophyllidae
Microcyclus roberti Maitre 1952
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Halliidae
Blothrophyllum sp. Billings 1859
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Tetrataxidae
cf. Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 30.7° North, 4.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.1° South, 29.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Eifelian - Givetian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
Key time interval: Eifelian - Givetian Conodont zone:  ensensis to hemiansatus
Age range of interval: 393.3 - 382.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Taboumakhloûf
Stratigraphy comments: upper Eifelian-middle Givetian Taboumakhloûf Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular "limestone"
Secondary lithology:nodular wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: studied brachiopods originate from fossiliferous, thin-bedded, 2.5 m-thick nodular limestone (mudstones/packstones)
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: the lower Givetian strata exposed at Mad`ene el Mrakib are among the shallowestwater Middle Devonian deposits of the Mader Basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:226635
Authorizer:B. Seuss Enterer:B. Seuss
Modifier:B. Seuss Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2022-07-19 05:40:10 Last modified:2022-07-19 05:40:17
Access level:the public Released:2022-07-19 05:40:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
82221. M. Zatón, R. Nawrot, M. Jakubowicz, A. Ernst, M. Rakocnski, B. Berkowski, and Z. Belka. 2022. Middle Devonian brachiopod-hosted sclerobiont assemblage from the northern shelf of Gondwana (Mader Basin, Morocco): Diversity, colonization patterns and relation to coeval palaeocommunities. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 594:110947 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]