Hassi Nebch 55 (Devonian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (30.9° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 11.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN5 conodont zone, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Bultynck, Hollard

Collection methods: bulk, acetic

• the collection is kept at the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences in Brussels

Primary reference: M. Bensaid, P. Bultynck, P. Sartenaer, O. H. Walliser, and W. Ziegler. 1985. The Givetian-Frasnian boundary in pre-Sahara Morocco. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 75:287-300 [S. Gouwy/S. Gouwy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152981: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 04.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae