Where: Western High Atlas, Morocco (31.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 2.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Talmest Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: silty limestone and claystone
Primary reference: J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2066: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Aetostreon couloni" = Exogyra (Aetostreon)
"Aetostreon couloni" = Exogyra (Aetostreon) oyster | |
Bryozoa | |
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Polychaeta | |
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