N'kob olenid (Ordovician of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.9° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 73.9° S, 107.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fezouata Formation, Tremadocian (485.4 - 477.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, yellow siltstone

• light tan non-calcareous micaceous argillite

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. J. Hopkins, J. C. Gutierrez Marco, and G. Silvestro. 2024. First occurrence of articulated specimens of the trilobite family Olenidae from Morocco. Journal of Paleontology [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229397: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 08.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Leptoplastides salteri Callaway 1877 trilobite