EIT1: Hauterivian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
unclassified
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Western High Atlas
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 9.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.9° North, 9.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2
*Epoch:Neocomian
Key time interval: Hauterivian
Age range of interval: 132.6 - 125.77 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tamanar
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Geology comments: massive limestone beds with reefal character; cyclic sequences of marly and nodular limestones
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2065
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-21 08:51:40 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
57. J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]