Shale in Region of Oulmes: Llandovery Graptolites Near Moulay-Bouazza: Telychian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
cf. Retiolites geinitzianus Barrande 1850
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus crenulatus
Monograptus dextrorsus
Monograptus marri
Monograptus remotus
Monograptus spiralis (Geinitz 1842)
recombined as Oktavites spiralis
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 6.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:79.1° South, 24.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Telychian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Telychian
Age range of interval:438.50000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Zones 22 (turriculatus) to 25 (crenulatus).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Some 1000km NW of Llandovery shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27459
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-12-06 06:36:15 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2002-12-06 06:36:15
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]