Ouihlane, "Le Maitre horizon", E Anti-Atlas: Early/Lower Givetian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
? Enallophrentis sp.
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum buechelense
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922
Stringophyllum acanthicum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Grypophyllum convolutum
Grypophyllum cf. primum
Acanthophyllum vermiculare
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis cf. cantabrica
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894
Macgeea cf. multizonata
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum (Heliophyllum) halli Edwards and Haime 1851
subspecies moghrabiense
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Prismatophyllum arcticum
Eridophyllum seriale Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Glossophyllum ceratites
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) fongi
spelled with current rank as Cystiphylloides
Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) secundum
spelled with current rank as Cystiphylloides
subspecies pseudoseptatum, schlueteri and n. ssp.?
Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) macrocystis
spelled with current rank as Cystiphylloides
subspecies macrocystis
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola sandalina (Linnaeus 1771)
Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae
Chostophyllum sp. Pedder 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 31.2° North, 4.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.7° South, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Givetian
Age range of interval:388.10000 - 383.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bou Dib
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Early Givetian; timorensis conodont zone, "Le Maitre horizon"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: nodular (marly) limestones, 3.8 m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2740
Database number:62894
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-01 04:58:13 Last modified:2006-08-01 08:21:54
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-01 04:58:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18138. S. Schröder and M. Kazmierczak. 1999. The Middle Devonian "coral reef" of Ouihlane (Morocco) - New data on the geology and rugose coral fauna. Geologica et Palaeontologica 33:93-115 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]