El Koubbat Kou. 60 (Cretaceous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.1° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 3.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oued Izem Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• "campanien"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, gray marl

• "a proximal platform"
• "marnes grises bitumineuses, indurées, en plaquettes" (gray bituminous marls, indurated, in plates)

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Paul-Sabatier University collection

Primary reference: B. Andreu and G. Tronchetti. 1994. Ostracodes et foraminifères du Crétace supérieur du synclinal d'El Koubbat, moyen Atlas, Maroc. Geobios 29(1):45-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 94073: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• a list of forams from this unit is given but not broken down by bed
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella "sp. 2" Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae