Hamar Laghdad mud mounds (Devonian of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 3838

Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 16.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Eifelian-Givetian: second generation of Hamar Laghdad mounds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• several small and poorly exposed mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: B. Berkowski. 2006. Vent and mound rugose coral associations from the Middle Devonian of Hamar Laghdad (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Geobios 39:155-170 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82033: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Laccophyllum sp.
Laccophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
"Amplexus" florescens
 Rugosa - Protozaphrentidae
Weyeraia prima n. gen. n. sp., Vesiculolasma erfoudi n. gen. n. sp.
Weyeraia prima n. gen. n. sp. Berkowski 2006 horn coral
Vesiculolasma erfoudi n. gen. n. sp. Berkowski 2006 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail