Jebel Debouaa, Mfis, Bed 9, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas (Carboniferous of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 3.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° S, 0.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Gattendorfia-Eocanites zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, silty shale

• silty shales, greenish-grey with abundant lenticular, dark red sideritic nodules; 6 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. A new ammonoid fauna from the Gattendorfia-Eocanites Genozone of the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous; Morocco). Fossil Record 9(1):87-129 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66287: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Eocanites dkorni n. sp., Eocanites rtbeckeri n. sp.
Eocanites dkorni n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Eocanites rtbeckeri n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Mimimitoceras hoennense, Mimimitoceras varicosum, Paragattendorfia aboussalamae n. sp., Imitoceras oxydentale n. sp.
Mimimitoceras hoennense Korn 1993 ammonite
Mimimitoceras varicosum Schindewolf 1923 ammonite
Paragattendorfia aboussalamae n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Imitoceras oxydentale n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
Kazakhstania ? colubrella, Kazakhstania nitida n. sp., Zadelsdorfia debouaaensis n. sp., Weyerella protecta n. gen. n. sp., Weyerella minor n. sp., Acutimitoceras occidentale, Acutimitoceras mfisense, Acutimitoceras posterum n. sp., Acutimitoceras hollardi n. sp., Gattendorfia jacquelinae, Gattendorfia crassa, Nicimitoceras trochiforme
Kazakhstania ? colubrella Morton 1836 ammonite
Kazakhstania nitida n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Zadelsdorfia debouaaensis n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Weyerella protecta n. gen. n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Weyerella minor n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Acutimitoceras occidentale Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Acutimitoceras mfisense Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Acutimitoceras posterum n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Acutimitoceras hollardi n. sp. Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006 ammonite
Gattendorfia jacquelinae Ebbighausen et al. 2004 ammonite
Gattendorfia crassa Schmidt 1924 ammonite
Nicimitoceras trochiforme Vohringer 1960 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira sp.
Retispira sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonematidae indet.
Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae indet.
Pleurotomariidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Guerichia sp.
Guerichia sp. Rzehak 1910 oyster
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Ontaria sp.
Ontaria sp. Clarke 1904 clam
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Entomozoidae
Entomozoidae indet.
Entomozoidae indet. Pribyl 1951 ostracod
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Ufimia sp.
Ufimia sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral