Aïn-as-Seffah, MF C2 b coral stromatoporoid boundstone : Thamnopora: Givetian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 7.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° South, 11.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aïn-as-Seffah
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: b: Thamnopora boundstone
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: very dominant thamnoporids in growth position
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:176118
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-01-29 07:35:35 Last modified:2016-01-29 07:35:53
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-04-29 07:35:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57802. S. Eichholt and R. T. Becker. 2016. Middle Devonian reef facies and development in the Oued Cherrat Zone and adjacent regions (Moroccan Meseta). Facies 62(7) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]