GI-H, Gara el Itima (Kaiser et al. 2004 collection) (Carboniferous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.1° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 0.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hamou-Rhanem Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• latest Brigantian; Lusitanoceras- Lyrogoniatites ammonoid zone. Horizon GI-6.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified shale

• monotonous shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Kaiser, Z.S. Aboussalam, R.T. Becker in 2004; reposited in the MfN

Primary reference: C. Klug, S. Döring, D. Korn and V. Ebbinghausen. 2006. The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9(1):3-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61444: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Ferganoceratidae
Ferganoceras torridum
Ferganoceras torridum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae
Dombarites bellornatus
Dombarites bellornatus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite