Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° S, 11.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN3 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 153036: authorized by Sofie Gouwy, entered by Sofie Gouwy on 05.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica Bischoff and Ziegler 1957 conodont | |
Ancyrodella alata conodont
Ancyrodella africana conodont
Ancyrodella rugosa conodont
Ancyrodella rotundiloba Bryant 1921 conodont |