Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 7.0° W: paleocoordinates 75.8° S, 27.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• Authors base age call on contained fauna and stratigraphic superposition. Age of entire unit is Late Llandovery at base to Gedinne at top.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale
Primary reference: W. B. N. Berry and A. J. Boucot. 1973. Correlation of the African Silurian rocks. Geological Society of America Special Paper 147:1-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27410: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Phacops miser" = Denckmannites miser, Phacops volborthi
"Phacops miser" = Denckmannites miser Barrande 1852 trilobite
Phacops volborthi trilobite | |
"Cheirurus sternbergi" = Crotalocephalus sternbergi
"Cheirurus sternbergi" = Crotalocephalus sternbergi Boeck 1827 trilobite | |
Bivalvia | |
Hercynella bohemica clam
Panenka bohemica clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Lophophorata | |