Shale in the Oued Tegget, Left Bank (Pridoli Part) (Silurian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.0° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 67.0° S, 23.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Authors' age call based on shelly fossils.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

• Some 700-1000km NW of Pridoli shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455.
• "shales and interbedded lenses of limestone"

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 27393: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites elegans
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp.
Monograptus sp. graptolite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Avicula cf. glabra" = Cheiopteria glabra
"Avicula cf. glabra" = Cheiopteria glabra Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium eximium, Lunulacardium aspirans
Lunulacardium eximium clam
genus given as "Lunulicardium"
Lunulacardium aspirans clam
genus given as "Lunulicardium"
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Capulus sp.
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 true whelk
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832