Also known as Essaouira Basin
Where: Safi, Morocco (32.3° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 6.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Les dépôts jurassico-crétacés traversés par ce sondage sont agencés en onze niveaux
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, argillaceous, calcareous lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Primary reference: M. Aadjour, H. Slimani, B. Fedan, R. F. Elzaroug, S. Rasul, B. Thusu, and A. Morabet. 2005. Palynostratigraphie des dépôts jurassico-crétacés des sondages MAC-1 (bassin de Doukkala) et ADM-1 (bassin d’Essaouira), Ouest du Maroc. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat 27:1-15 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137369: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 15.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cycadopsida | |
Elaterocolpites castelani Herngreen 1973 elaterate |