Tazemmourt section Deb17: Atdabanian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Fallotaspididae
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Eofallotaspis tioutensis
Sdzuy 1978
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| questionably identified | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Bigotinidae
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Bigotina informal sp. B
Cobbold 1935
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unclassified
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Debrenella larvalis
Geyer 2019
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 8.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.5° South, 113.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Trilobite zone: | Eofallotaspis tioutensis |
| Age range of interval: | 521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Idoudine | Member: | Tiout | ||
| Local section: | Tazemmourt | Local bed: | 55 m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: low trilobite biozone of Issendalenian, which is lower Series 2/Age 3 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: archaeocyath limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 233950 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2024-03-08 15:46:48 | Last modified: | 2024-03-08 15:46:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-03-08 15:46:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 87756. | G. Geyer. 2019. The earliest known West Gondwanan trilobites from the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, with a revision of the Family Bigotinidae Hupe, 1953. Fossils and Strata 64:55-153 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |