Destombes Loc. 0088. J bel Amouguer (E of Tazzarine): Berounian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Mucronaspis zagoraensis
Horný 1997
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenidae indet. Hawle and Corda 1847
Horný 1997
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena aquila (Barrande 1848)
Horný 1997
Aegiromena aquila aquila
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
? Holopea antiquata (Perner 1903)
Horný 1997
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Clathrospira amouguerana Horný 1997
Horný 1997
Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Sinuitopsis neglecta Perner 1903
Horný 1997
Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Arachnocystites infaustus Barrande 1887
Horný 1997
Arachnocystites infaustus infaustus
Deutocystites modestus Barrande 1887
Horný 1997
Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites tafilaltensis
Horný 1997
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 31.0° North, 5.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:82.2° South, 86.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Middle Caradoc
*Local age/stage:Berounian
Key time interval:Berounian
Age range of interval:460.90000 - 449.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ktaoua Formation:Lower Ktaoua Member:d'Agadir-Tissint
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Now known as Amouguer member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Pale, gray shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils,species names
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Primarily mollusc taxonomy and biostrat., with others listed
Metadata
Also known as:Ktaoua Grp, d'Agadir-Tissint Mbr, Ktaoua Fm., Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Database number:20966
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-13 07:45:43 Last modified:2018-07-30 13:42:41
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-13 07:45:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

13138 R. J. Horný. 1997. Ordovician Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 53(3-4):37-78 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]