Rich gastropods second highest (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 0.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Witchellia laeviuscula ammonoid zone, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl

• carbonate platform/ shallow carbonate (based on a combo. of lithology and paleogeographic map provided in paper)
• tender marls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D. Sadki

Primary reference: M. A. Conti and S. Monari. 2001. Middle Jurassic Gastropods from the Central High Atlas, Morocco. Geobios 34(2):183-214 [A. Miller/K. Feser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97937: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kelsey Feser on 09.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Sadkia richensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sadkia richensis n. gen. n. sp.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucycloidea subangulata snail
Eucycloidea (Pseudalaria)? subangulata
Eucycloidea cf. etheridgii snail
Eucycloidea (Pseudalaria)? cf. etheridgii
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Discohelix subaequalis snail
? Discohelix subaequalis
Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria armata Münster 1844 snail