Where: Agadir, Morocco (30.6° N, 9.7° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 4.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
• fossils come from Saynoceras verrucosum zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, argillaceous, sandy limestone and sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: in collections National Museum of Natural History at Leiden, The Netherlands
Primary reference: M. G. E. Wippich. 2003. Valanginian (Early Cretaceous ) ammonite faunas from the western High Atlas, Morocco, and the recognition of western Mediterranean 'standard' zones. 24:357-374 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37862: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 25.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Neohoploceras cf. baumbergeri, Neohoploceras ex gr. arnoldi, "Neocomites (Neocomites) platycostatus" = Neocomites (Eristavites) platycostatus
Neohoploceras cf. baumbergeri ammonite
Neohoploceras ex gr. arnoldi Pictet and Campiche 1860 ammonite
"Neocomites (Neocomites) platycostatus" = Neocomites (Eristavites) platycostatus Sayn 1907 ammonite | |
"Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) guebhardi" = Olcostephanus atherstoni
"Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) guebhardi" = Olcostephanus atherstoni Sharpe 1856 ammonite |