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
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Cardiola sp.
Broderip 1839
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Scyphocrinitidae
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cf. Scyphocrinites elegans
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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] |