Tabainout mud mound complex, limestone below the core (Carboniferous to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (32.9° N, 5.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 0.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asbian to Asbian (340.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Late Asbian-Late Brigantian, Cf6γ-Cf6δ foraminiferal zones

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• bedded bioclastic limestones and micritic breccia below the massive core facies

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. D. Somerville, S. Rodriguez, I. Said and P. Cozar. 2012. Mississippian coral assemblages from Tabainout mud-mound complex, Khenifra area, central Morocco. Geologica Belgica 15(4):308-316 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134863: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Borladella sp., Sparaphralysia tacanica
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
"Pseudozaphrentoides" sp., Siphonophyllia samsonensis
"Pseudozaphrentoides" sp. Shtukenberg 1904 horn coral
Siphonophyllia samsonensis Salee 1913 horn coral
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Axophyllum sp.
Axophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi, Arachnolasma cylindricum, Dibunophyllum bipartitum
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palaeosmilia murchisoni
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Amplexocarinia" sp.
"Amplexocarinia" sp. Soshkina 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum sp.
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp.
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion araneum, Lithostrotion vorticale, Siphonodendron intermedium, Siphonodendron sociale, Siphonodendron pauciradiale, Siphonodendron martini, Siphonodendron irregulare
Lithostrotion araneum McCoy 1844 horn coral
Lithostrotion vorticale Parkinson 1808 horn coral
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Siphonodendron irregulare Phillips 1836 horn coral
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
Hexaphyllia sp.
Hexaphyllia sp. Shtukenberg 1904
Draffania
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Draffania sp.
Draffania sp. Cummings 1957
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Koninckopora sp.
Rhodophyceae
 Calcifoliida - Fasciellidae
Praedonezella cespeformis, Fasciella sp.
 Florideae -
Ungdarella uralica
Ungdarella uralica Maslov 1956
Foraminifera
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Vissariotaxis sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp., Endotaxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Endotaxis sp. Bogush and Brazhnikova 1983
 Archaediscacea - Lasiodiscidae
Howchinia sp.
Howchinia sp. Cushman 1927