Fauna of level 4, Anti-Atlas (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 7.3° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 24.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Monograptus hercynicus graptolite zone, Kess Kess Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• PJW: This should be Kess Kess now.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous shale and black limestone

• "Termes calcareo-argileux, lumachelliques a brachiopodes au SW passant aux calcaires noirs a ``orthoceres'', a lamellibranches de facies ''barrandien'' et a tentaculites vers le NE puis aux argilites a ``Monograptus'' hercynicus et aux calcaires noirs dur Tafilalt"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Hollard. 1977. Le domaine de l'Anti-Atlas au Maroc. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5) 168-194 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13936: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002, edited by Antje Girndt

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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? Onoetodus beckmanni
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? Onoetodus sp.
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? Onoetodus ortuformis
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? Onoetodus typica
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Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Drepanodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Lonchodina detorta Walliser 1964 conodont
Lonchodina walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans Walliser 1964 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
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Acodina sp. n. sp. Stauffer conodont
Spathognathodus asymmetricus Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
Spathognathodus transitans Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
Trichonodella symmetrica Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
"Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina, Plectospathodus extensus, "Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis, Spathognathodus primus, Hindeodella equidentata
"Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina conodont
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont
"Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis Ziegler 1956 conodont
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Ancyrodelloides sp. Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus hercynius graptolite
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
Platyorthis monnieri
sensu Peneau
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
sp. A
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
sp. A
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880
Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Dicricoconidae
Dicricoconus sp. Fisher 1962
 Homoctenida - Homoctenidae
 Homoctenida - Paranowakiidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiolopsis flexa clam
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 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Mytilus cf. esuriens" = Plethomytilus esuriens
"Mytilus cf. esuriens" = Plethomytilus esuriens Barrande 1881 clam
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 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Ptychosphaera constricta Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Digonus sp. Guerich 1909 trilobite
sp. A
Digonus cf. zemmourensis Pillet 1961 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Calymene cf. interjecta" = Gravicalymene interjecta
"Calymene cf. interjecta" = Gravicalymene interjecta Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
"Acaste talebensis" = Andinacaste talebensis
"Acaste talebensis" = Andinacaste talebensis Hollard 1963 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
"Treveropyge ebbae" = Ganetops ebbae Richter and Richter 1954 trilobite
Acastella patula Hollard 1963 trilobite
Acastella heberti Gosselet 1880 trilobite
Acastella jacquemonti Hollard 1963 trilobite
Acastella tiro Richter and Richter 1954 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Coniproetus) cf. affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis, "Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa
"Proetus (Coniproetus) cf. affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis Bouček 1933 trilobite
"Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa Alth 1874 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae