Destombes Loc. 0756. Tazzarine, Tiz n'Takhrit: Rawtheyan, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scyphozoa - Conulariida
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896
Aristocystitidae
Maghrebocystis pachytheca Chauvel 1966
Maghrebocystis pachytheca robusta and Maghrebocystis pachytheca pachytheca
Diploporita
Destombesia diedra
Destombesia diedra acuta
Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhaal 1772)
Echinosphaerites aurantium transversalis
Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites ouguerfensis
Stylophora - Cornuta - Amygdalothecidae
Juliaecarpus milnerorum n. gen., n. sp. Ruta 1999
recombined as Nanocarpus milnerorum
Stylophora - Mitrata - Kirkocystidae
Anatifopsis sp. Barrande 1872
Babin and Destombes 1990
transferred from collection 20968
Stylophora - Mitrata - Anomalocystitidae
Placocystites bohemicus
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Praenucula sp. Pfab 1934
Babin and Destombes 1990
transferred from collection 20968
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Babin and Destombes 1990
transferred from collection 20968
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
? Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832
Babin and Destombes 1990
transferred from collection 20968
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea radiatula (Barrande 1879)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eochonetes canaliferus Havlicek 1971
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta intermedia
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Comatopoma sororium
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872
Babin and Destombes 1990
transferred from collection 20968
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Amphitryon sp. Hawle and Corda 1874
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Onnia sp. Bancroft 1933
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae
Dionide sp. Barrande 1847
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Lichas marocanus
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Mucronaspis greti
Mucronaspis termieri
Eudolatites maiderensis
Dreyfussina struvei (Destombes 1963)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Kloucekia poueytoi
Baniaspis globosa
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Actinopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene ouzregui
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Calymenella sp. Bergeron 1890
Brongniartella platynota Dalman 1828
Brongniartella platynota macrocana
    = Brongniartella marocana Destombes 1972
Wagner 2020
original and current combination Brongniartella platynota marocana
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Selenopeltis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Zagora
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 5.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:83.3° South, 77.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Rawtheyan
Age range of interval:448.90000 - 445.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Ktaoua
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Ktaoua Formation. Fossils have some affinities with late Ashgill; trinucleid trilobites with upper Rawtheyan. (Changed to Upper Ktaoua by PJW 2018-08-09)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray mudstone
Lithology description: Fossil from light grey mudstones. Formation consists mainly of grey-green arenaceous argillites interspersed with rare bands of oolitic iron or phosphatic nodules and varies in thickness from 70 m to 110 n.
Environment:offshore indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:193841
Authorizer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-06-06 09:20:19 Last modified:2018-07-26 23:31:05
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-06 09:20:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65837. M. Ruta. 1999. A new stylophoran echinoderm, Juliaecarpus milnerorum, from the late Ordovician Upper Ktaoua Formation of Morocco. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 55(2):47-79 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]

Secondary references:

6376 C. Babin and J. Destombes. 1990. Les mollusques bivalves et rostroconches Ordoviciens de l’Anti-Atlas marocain: Intérêt paléogéographique de leur inventaire. Géologie Méditerranéenne 17:243-261 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]
65064 P. Wagner. 2020. Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies occurrences to be recognized as the subspecies rather than the parent species. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]