CH-11 (=F5), Tazemmourt Section: 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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Daguinaspis subabadiei n. sp.
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Hupé 1953 | |||||||||
| F5, CH 11 | ||||||||||
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Daguinaspis ambroggii
Hupé and Abadie 1950
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| F5, CH 11 | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Despujolsiidae
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Marsaisia robauxi
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| F5, CH 11 | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Saukiandidae
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Resserops (Resserops) bourgini
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| CH 11 | ||||||||||
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Obolellata
- Obolellida
- Obolellidae
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Brevipelta chouberti n. gen., n. sp.
Geyer 1994
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Geyer 1994 | |||||||||
| F5, CH 11 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco | State/province: | Ant-Atlas |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 8.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.5° South, 113.0° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower - Middle Cambrian | *Epoch: | Early/Lower - Middle Caerfai |
| *International age/stage: | Tommotian - Atdabanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Trilobite zone: | Daguinaspis |
| Age range of interval: | 521 - 515.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Amouslek | ||||
| Local section: | Tazenmourt | Local bed: | 210 m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Was Tommotian-Atdabanian; Daguinaspis is latest Issendalenian = middle Atdabanian (PJW). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | hummocky CS,wave ripples,"cross stratification",tool marks poorly lithified mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | hummocky CS,"cross stratification",planar lamination unlithified conglomerate |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The Brevipelta chouberti valves are all similar in size showing comparable ages. No immature shells or trilobite remains present. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 6275 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-02-24 12:03:37 | Last modified: | 2010-05-27 12:15:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-02-24 12:03:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27178. | G. Geyer, E. Landing, and W. Heldmaier. 1995. Faunas and depositional environments of the Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions. Beringeria, Special Issue 2:47-119 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 400 | G. Geyer. 1994. A new obolellid brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 68(5):995-1002 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner] | |
| 32666 | P. Hupé. 1953. Contribution à l'étude du Cambrien inferieur et du Précambrien III de l'Anti-Atlas marocain. Notes et Mémoirs de la Service géologique du Maroc 103:1-402 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Marcot] |