El Koubbat Kou. 195: Maastrichtian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
Ostracoda informal indet. sp. 2 Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella informal sp. 3 Jones 1849
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Clithrocytheridea senegali
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 5.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° North, 5.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Irbzer
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Maastrichtien" instead of Paleocene, as previously thought
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "infralittoral conditions are developed in a waved environment evolving into a paralic inner domain eventually subject to freshening"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Paul-Sabatier University collection
Taxonomic list comments:a list of forams from this unit is given but not broken down by bed
Metadata
Database number:94079
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-08 21:30:04 Last modified:2010-02-08 23:30:04
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-08 21:30:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31954. B. Andreu and G. Tronchetti. 1994. Ostracodes et foraminifères du Crétace supérieur du synclinal d'El Koubbat, moyen Atlas, Maroc. Geobios 29(1):45-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]