Where: Morocco (30.9° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 73.9° S, 107.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fezouata Formation, Tremadocian (485.4 - 477.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, yellow siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: M. J. Hopkins, J. C. Gutierrez Marco, and G. Silvestro. 2024. First occurrence of articulated specimens of the trilobite family Olenidae from Morocco. Journal of Paleontology [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 229397: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 08.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Leptoplastides salteri Callaway 1877 trilobite |