Ta 2, Taghzout, Oued Issene canyon (Carboniferous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.6° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 0.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oued Issène Formation, Stephanian B (301.5 - 301.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, black, argillaceous siltstone

• Lacustrine sediments in alluvial plain sediments. Ida Ou Ziki subbasin of Souss Basin, representing the earliest post-Hercynian extensional phase.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Université Chouaib Doukkali, Départment de Géologie, El Jadida, Morocco

Primary reference: D. Hmich, J. W. Schneider, H. Saber, S. Voigt, and M. El Wartiti. 2006. New continental Carboniferous and Permian faunas of Morocco: implications for biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimate. Non-Marine Permian Biostratigraphy and Biochronology. Geological Society of London Special Publication 265:297-324 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155292: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Poroblattinidae
Poroblattina sp.
Poroblattina sp. Scudder 1885 cockroach
Ta 2-11