Also known as Reef 1567
Where: Morocco (30.8° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 15.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taboumakhlouf Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• Mader Basin;
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; mudstone
•Orientation: N-S
•Length: 1200m
•Width: 1000m
•Elevation: 250m (including 100m now eroded off the top)
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•The mound facies is a thick-bedded to massive wackstone, floatstone or (locally) boundstone with varying amounts of skeletal debris. Frame builders occur only patchily in situ and are most common in the largest mound (Aferdou el Mrakib).
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. Wendt. 1993. Steep-sided carbonate mud mounds in the Middle Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Geological Magazin 130(1):69-83 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/F. Reichel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 07.08.2007, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Tentaculita | |
Styliolina ? sp. Karpinsky 1884 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Drotops megalomanicus trilobite | |
unclassified | |
Problematica indet. Andrews 1970 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hermatostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma ? sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Actinostroma expansum Hall and Whitfield 1873 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Lythophyllum sp. Wedekind 1925 horn coral
Zonophyllum maderense horn coral
Zonophyllum sp. Wedekind 1924 horn coral
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral | |
Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral | |
Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral | |
Microcyclus tortuosus Maitre 1952 horn coral | |
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
Neaxon sp. Kullmann 1965 horn coral | |
Endophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Endophyllum bowerbanki MilneEdwards and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
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Hexagonaria ? sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral | |
Thamnophyllum sp., Thamnophyllum aff. ossalense, Macgeea sp., Phillipsastrea sp., Phillipsastrea sobolewi, Phillipsastrea kergarvanensis, Phillipsastrea morzadeci
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
Thamnophyllum aff. ossalense Joseph and Tsien 1975 horn coral
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
Phillipsastrea sobolewi Rozkowska 1956 horn coral
Phillipsastrea kergarvanensis Coen-Aubert and Plusquellec 2007 horn coral
Phillipsastrea morzadeci CoenAubert and Plusquellec 2007 horn coral | |
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
Platyaxum sp. Davis 1887 tabulate coral | |
Alveolites cf. tenuissimus Lecompte 1933 tabulate coral | |
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Crenulipora difformis Le Maître 1956 tabulate coral | |
Thamnoptychia sp., Thamnoporella ? sp., Thamnopora sp., Thamnopora germanica, Dualipora sp., Dualipora preciosa, Taouzia sp., Striatopora sp., Striatopora "sp. A 1", Striatopora cf. flexuosa, Striatopora cf. obliqua
Thamnoptychia sp. Hall 1876 tabulate coral
Thamnoporella ? sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora germanica Birenheide 1985 tabulate coral
Dualipora sp. Termier and Termier 1980 tabulate coral
Dualipora preciosa Termier and Termier 1980 tabulate coral
Taouzia sp. Termier and Termier 1948 tabulate coral
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Striatopora "sp. A 1" Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Striatopora cf. flexuosa Hall 1852 tabulate coral
Striatopora cf. obliqua LeMaître 1956 tabulate coral | |
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Aulocystis sp. Schlüter 1885 tabulate coral | |
Bainbridgia sp. Ball 1933 tabulate coral
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral | |
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Heliolites cf. barrandei Penecke 1887 tabulate coral
Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Roseoporella cf. heuvelmansi Zapalski 2012 | |
Rothpletzella | |
Rothpletzella sp. Wood 1948 | |
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873 |