Where: Morocco (32.4° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 3.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tirnovella pertransiens ammonoid zone, Calcaire Inferieur Formation, Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• middle part of the Calcaire Inferieur Fm., Pertransiens Zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: focus on ammonites
Primary reference: M. Ettachfini, M. Company, J. Rey, K. Taj-Eddine, and J. M. Tavera. 1998. Le Valanginien du bassin de Safi (Maroc atlantique) et sa faune d’ammonites. Implications paleobiogeographiques. Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences de Paris, Serie IIa 327:319-325 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65425: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Kilianella sp., Thurmanniceras pertransiens, Neocomites premolicus, Sarasinella eucyrta, Sarasinella trezanensis
Kilianella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Thurmanniceras pertransiens Sayn 1907 ammonite
Neocomites premolicus Sayn 1907 ammonite
Sarasinella eucyrta ammonite
Sarasinella trezanensis ammonite | |
"Spiticeras (Kilianiceras) cf. gratianopolitense" = Kilianiceras, Olcostephanus drumensis
"Spiticeras (Kilianiceras) cf. gratianopolitense" = Kilianiceras ammonite
Olcostephanus drumensis ammonite |