Shale in the Oued Tegget, Left Bank (Pridoli Part): Pridoli, Morocco
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Scyphocrinitidae
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Scyphocrinites elegans
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Monograptidae
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Monograptus sp.
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Lunulacardiidae
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Lunulacardium eximium
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| genus given as "Lunulicardium" | ||||||||||
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Lunulacardium aspirans
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| genus given as "Lunulicardium" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Avicula cf. glabra
(Goldfuss 1837)
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| recombined as Cheiopteria glabra | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus sp.
Monfort 1810
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 6.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 67.0° South, 23.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Pridoli |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pridoli | ||
| Age range of interval: | 423.00000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Authors' age call based on shelly fossils. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "shales and interbedded lenses of limestone" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Some 700-1000km NW of Pridoli shoreline, according to paleogeographic map of ref. 7455. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27393 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-05 11:13:20 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-05 11:13:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7455. | W. B. N. Berry and A. J. Boucot. 1973. Correlation of the African Silurian rocks. Geological Society of America Special Paper 147:1-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |