EIT1: Hauterivian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Madreporaria sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Lamellaerhynchia gillieroni (Pictet 1872)
recombined as Sulcirhynchia gillieroni
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Loriolithyris melaitensis Middlemiss 1980
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis lorini
Codiopsis meslei
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia stellulata
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia foliumquerci
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris clunifera
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Western High Atlas
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 9.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.7° North, 3.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
*Epoch:Neocomian
Key time interval:Hauterivian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tamanar
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Geology comments: massive limestone beds with reefal character; cyclic sequences of marly and nodular limestones
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2065
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-21 08:51:40 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57. J. Rey, J. Canerot, B. Peybernes, K. Tal-Eddine, and J.-P. Thieuloy. 1988. Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sedimentary dynamics of the Lower Cretaceous deposits on the northern side of the western High Atlas (Morocco). Cretaceous Research 9(2):141-158 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]