Tazemmourt Section, F6: Atdabanian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae
Daguinaspis latifrons n. sp.
Daguinaspis ambroggii n. sp. Hupé and Abadie 1950
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Despujolsiidae
Resserops (Richterops) falloti n. sp. Hupe 1953
recombined as Perrector falloti
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Ant-Atlas
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 8.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.5° South, 113.0° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
Stage:Stage 3 10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2
Key time interval:Atdabanian Trilobite zone: Daguinaspis
Age range of interval:521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Amouslek
Local section:Tazemmourt Local bed:214-218 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: probably from shale unit 53
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green poorly lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Green shales, with Calcaire scoriace bed at the base.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: The Brevipelta chouberti valves are all similar in size showing comparable ages. No immature shells or trilobite remains present.
Metadata
Database number:232862
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2024-01-03 01:00:31 Last modified:2024-01-03 01:10:47
Access level:the public Released:2024-01-03 01:00:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
86989. G. Geyer and E. Landing. 1995. The Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions. Beringeria Special issue 2:467-46 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

87041 G. Geyer. 2020. A critical evaluation of the Resserops clade (Trilobita: Despujolsiidae, early Cambrian) with remarks on related redlichiacean families. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 558(25):1-107 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]