Jebel Hebri Plateau, west of Grand Route Midelt to Maknes, near Azrou (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.4° N, 5.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 5.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135538: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Hesperithyrididae