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
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 | |
? Onoetodus beckmanni, ? Onoetodus sp., ? Onoetodus ortuformis, ? Onoetodus typica, Peleksygnathus serratus, Peleksygnatus sp. n. sp.
Peleksygnatus sp. n. sp. | |
Conodonta | |
Drepanodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont | |
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Lonchodina detorta Walliser 1964 conodont
Lonchodina walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
? Icriodus ? angustoides conodont
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans Walliser 1964 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
Acodina curvata, Acodina sp. n. sp., Spathognathodus frankenwaldensis, Spathognathodus asymmetricus, Spathognathodus transitans, Trichonodella inconstans, Trichonodella symmetrica
Acodina curvata conodont
Acodina sp. n. sp. Stauffer conodont
Spathognathodus frankenwaldensis 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 | |
"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 | |
Ancyrodelloides sp. Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont | |
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
Pterobranchia | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880 | |
Tentaculita | |
Dicricoconus sp. Fisher 1962 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites vaissieri clam
Nuculites posthumus clam | |
Paracyclas bohemica clam | |
Grammysia deornata clam
Grammysia ovata clam | |
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Silurina distorta, Hercynella bohemica, Praelucina cf. soror, Jahnia cf. elongata, Jahnia procerula, Jahnia cf. incumbens, Jahnia cf. major
Silurina distorta clam
Hercynella bohemica clam
Praelucina cf. soror clam
Jahnia cf. elongata clam
Jahnia procerula clam
Jahnia cf. incumbens clam
Jahnia cf. major clam | |
Leptodesma carens oyster | |
"Mytilus cf. esuriens" = Plethomytilus esuriens
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Gastropoda | |
Ptychosphaera constricta Perner 1903 snail | |
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Trilobita | |
Digonus cf. zemmourensis Pillet 1961 trilobite | |
"Calymene cf. interjecta" = Gravicalymene interjecta
"Calymene cf. interjecta" = Gravicalymene interjecta Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite | |
"Acaste talebensis" = Andinacaste talebensis
"Acaste talebensis" = Andinacaste talebensis Hollard 1963 trilobite | |
"Treveropyge ebbae" = Ganetops ebbae, Acastella patula, Acastella heberti, Acastella jacquemonti, Acastella tiro
"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 | |
"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 | |
Palaeocyclus kokeni horn coral |