Mohammedia locality (Miocene of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 7.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-P. Chevalier. 1962. Les Madréporaires miocènes du Maroc. Notes et mémoires du service geologique 173:1-74 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161319: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophylliidae indet.
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Sphenotrochus sp.
Sphenotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp.
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Eupsammia cf. sismondiana" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana
"Eupsammia cf. sismondiana" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana Michelin 1841 stony coral