List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
- Cyrtodontida
- Cardiolidae
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Cardiola interrupta
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° North, 6.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 68.3° South, 24.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age not specified, but implication seems to be that these beds are correlative with (are "similar deposits" as) collection 27464, which has similar taxa, "forms suggestive of age in the span of Late Ludlow-Pridoli" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Limestone nodules in the shales and limestone lenses interbedded with shale" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Some 500km N of Ludlow shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27465 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-06 06:48:49 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-06 06:48:49 |
| 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] |