Llanvirn section, Tachilla Fm., Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco: Oretanian, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Climacograptidae
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Pseudoclimacograptus sp.
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Dichograptidae
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Didymograptus sp.
McCoy 1851
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Aristocystitidae
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Calix sp.
Rouault 1878
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Ogygiocaris sp.
Angelin 1854
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Ectillaenus sp.
Salter 1867
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Zeliszkella sp.
Delo 1935
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Neseuretus sp.
Hicks 1873
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Bathycheilidae
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Bathycheilus sp.
Holub 1908
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Homalonotidae
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Colpocoryphe sp.
Novak and Perner 1918
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Eohomalonotus sp.
Reed 1918
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Trilobita
- Odontopleurida
- Odontopleuridae
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Selenopeltis sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco | County: | Taroudannt |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 8.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 82.5° South, 88.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Llanvirn |
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Llanvirn | *Local age/stage: | Oretanian |
| Key time interval: | Oretanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 468.00000 - 459.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tachilla |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | micaceous lithified sandy "shale" |
| Lithology description: Sandy, micaceous, light shale | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,species names |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Primarily bivalve and rostroconch taxonomy and biostrat., with others listed | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20986 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-13 13:04:04 | Last modified: | 2004-07-07 20:27:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-13 13:04:04 |
| 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] |