Shale in the Oued Tegget, Right Bank (Pridoli Part): Pridoli, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola sp. Broderip 1839
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
cf. Scyphocrinites elegans
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 6.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:67.0° South, 23.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Pridoli
Stage:unnamed Pridoli stage 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Pridoli
Age range of interval:423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Authors' age call based on shelly fossils.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: "shales and interbedded limestones"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Some 700-1000km NW of Pridoli shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27392
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-12-05 11:08:18 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2002-12-05 11:08:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7455. W. B. N. Berry and A. J. Boucot. 1973. Correlation of the African Silurian rocks. Geological Society of America Special Paper 147:1-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]