Also known as Reef 2855

Where: Morocco (30.6° N, 9.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.7° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Ourribane, E. H. Chellai, and D. Zaghbib-Turki. 2000. Role des microbialites et des "micro-encroutants" dans la lithification recifale: exemples du Jurassique superieur de l'Atlas maghrebin (Maroc et Tunisie) [The role of microbialites and micro-encrusters in the reef lithification: examples from the Upper Jurassic of the Maghrebian Atlas (Morocco and Tunisia)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 330(6):407-414 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68081: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.01.2007

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