Destombes Loc. 1687. Bou Chrebeb: Floian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae
Vidal 1998
Edrioasteroidea - Isorophinidae
Vidal 1998
Eocrinoidea
Vidal 1998
Eocrinoidea - Ascocystitida - Rhopalocystidae
Allaire et al. 2017
Eocrinoidea - Lingulocystidae
Vidal 1998
Stylophora - Mitrata - Kirkocystidae
Vidal 1998
Pterobranchia
Vidal 1998
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida
Vidal 1998
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
Bactroceras sp. Holm 1898
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Polymeridae
Polymeres sp. Murchison 1839
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Bathmoceratidae
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Rioceratidae
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Apocrinoceratidae
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Ebbestad 2016
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Ebbestad 2016
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Vidal 1998
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae
Ebbestad 2016
Hyolithida
Vidal 1998
was Cavernolites sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Bathycheilidae
Martin et al. 2016
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheiruridae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Vidal 1998
Martin et al. 2016
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Martin et al. 2016
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Scyphozoa - Conulariida
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896
Vidal 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Anti Atlas
Coordinates: 30.5° North, 5.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:79.8° South, 104.1° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
Stage: Floian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2
Key time interval: Floian Graptolite zone:  Baltograptus jacksoni
Age range of interval: 477.1 - 471.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Fezouata
Regional section:Formation Regional bed:580 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,nodular siltstone
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:PJW: Data from Vidal (1998) was originally entered separately in PaleoDB collection 182906. I have merged the two, and rewritten 182906 to be a different locality.
Metadata
Also known as:Loc. 1687, Z-5, Z-F25b
Database number:166731
Authorizer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner Enterer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner
Collections that are a subset of this one:182869
Created:2015-02-24 11:23:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-02-24 11:23:53
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
54391. B. Kröger and B. Lefebvre. 2012. Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Fossil Record 15(2):61-75 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

62472 N. Allaire, B. Lefebvre, E. Nardin, E. L. O. Martin, R. Vaucher and G. Escarguel. 2017. Morphological disparity and systematic revision of the eocrinoid genus Rhopalocystis (Echinodermata, Blastozoa) from the Lower Ordovician of the central Anti-Atlas (Morocco). Journal of Paleontology 91(4):685-714 [V. Syverson/V. Syverson/M. Uhen]
59327 J. O. R. Ebbestad. 2016. Gastropoda, Tergomya and Paragastropoda (Mollusca) from the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Formation, Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
66455 E. L. O. Martin, M. Vidal, D. Vizcaïno, R. Vaucher, P. Sansjofre, B. Lefebvre, and J. Destombes. 2016. Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental controls on the trilobite associations from the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Shale of the central Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 460:142-154 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
61018 M. Vidal. 1998. Le modèle des biofaciès à Trilobites: un test dans l'Ordovicien inférieur de l'Anti-Atlas, Maroc. Comptes-Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planetes 327:327-333 [V. Syverson/V. Syverson/E. Ito]