Where: Tarfaya, Morocco (28.3° N, 11.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 10.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Albian to Middle Albian (109.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• L'association de plusieurs taxons bons marqueurs

•stratigraphiques [ Litosphaeridium arundum (EISE-

•NACK et COOKSON) Davey, 1979 emend. Lucas-

•Clarke, 1984, Xiphophoridium alata (COOKSON et

•EISENACK) Sarjeant, 1966, Striatopollis dubius,

•la diversit6 des sporomorphes ~ e1ateres, les forts

•pourcentages d'Afropollis jardinus et de Crybelosporites pannuceus permettent d'attribuer les niveaux &udi6s au passage de l'Albien moyen/suparieur a l'Albien terminal.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous, silty siltstone and lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

Primary reference: I. Bettar and H. Meón. 2001. Palynological study of the Middle/Upper Albian transition inthe Tarfaya Basin (Southwest of Morocco) and some new data about the African-South-Amrican Province. Review of Micropaleontology 44:107-123 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144143: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 01.05.2013

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