Also known as Loc. X280, Micmacca Mb., Jbel Wawrmast Fm., Morocco - Marek et. al 1997

Where: Morocco (32.0° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 6.0° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Brèche à grave Micmacca Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Solvan (510.2 - 504.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: Hyoliths are particularly noteworthy because of the relatively arge number of finely preserved conchs retaining muscle scars and equally well preserved though less common unattatched helens and isolated opercula

Primary reference: L. Marek, J. M. Malinky, and G. Geyer. 1997. Middle Cambrian fossils from Tizi n''Tichka, the High Atlas, Morocco. Part 2. Hyolitha. Journal of Paleontology 71(4):638-656 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9122: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 24.09.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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