Erbenochile bed (Devonian to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 5.0° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° S, 24.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: El Otfal Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, gray wackestone

• bed was deposited on a continental shelf or ramp below fair weather wave base but perhaps near or above storm wave base, based on its biota, lithology, and texture, those of adjacent beds, and regional stratigraphy
• recrystallized light gray (fresh surface) wackestone, about 20 cm thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Chatterton, Gibb in 2004-2005

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and S. Gibb. 2010. Latest Early to Early Middle Devonian trilobites from he Erbenochile bed, Jbel Issoumour, southeastern Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 84(6):1188-1205 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188202: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 24.08.2017, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus corniger
Icriodus corniger conodont
Icriodus corniger corniger
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
"Spiriferida" indet.
 Rhynchonellida -
"Rhynchonellida" indet.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Paralejurus rehamnanus
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Gerastos marocensis" = Gerastos tuberculatus marocensis
"Gerastos marocensis" = Gerastos tuberculatus marocensis Chatterton et al. 2006 trilobite
Gerastos tuberculatus marocensis
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis sp.
Cyphaspis sp. Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Austerops smoothops
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Hollardops burtandmimiae, Walliserops lindoei n. sp.
Walliserops lindoei n. sp. Chatterton and Gibb 2010 trilobite
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Erbenochile issoumourensis n. sp.
Erbenochile issoumourensis n. sp. Chatterton and Gibb 2010 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) bassei n. sp.
Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) bassei n. sp. Chatterton and Gibb 2010 trilobite