Reef unit 1, subunit 3 (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.6° N, 9.6° W: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 5.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lalla Oujja Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• The section is situated in the southern part of the El Jadida-Agadir basin, delimited to the north by the Jbilet Massif, to the east by the Paleozoic Massifs of the High Atlas, to the south by the Souss Plain, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
• 10-20 cm-thick bioclastic subunit, rich in echinoderms.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: N. Olivier, B. Martin-Garin, C. Colombié, J. J. Cornée, F. Giraud, J. Schnyder, B. Kabbachi and K. Ezaidi. 2012. Ecological succession evidence in an Upper Jurassic coral reef system (Izwarn section, High Atlas, Morocco). Geobios 45(6):555-572 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 138438: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp.
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Colonie
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp.
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colonie
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Enallhelia sp., Stylosmilia sp.
Enallhelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Colonie
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colonie
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia sp.
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Colonie