Where: Western High Atlas, Morocco (31.4° N, 9.7° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 3.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tamanar Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Primary reference: J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2065: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Lamellaerhynchia gillieroni" = Sulcirhynchia gillieroni
"Lamellaerhynchia gillieroni" = Sulcirhynchia gillieroni Pictet 1872 | |
Loriolithyris melaitensis Middlemiss 1980 | |
Echinoidea | |
Codiopsis lorini sea urchin
Codiopsis meslei sea urchin | |
Pseudocidaris clunifera sea urchin | |
Salenia foliumquerci sea urchin | |
Hyposalenia stellulata sea urchin |