Mud mound in First Reef cycle, T-bone Reef, Gor Uein Terguet, Tindouf Basin: Givetian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hypothyridia sp.
or Uncinulus sp.
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Agoniatitidae
Agoniatites sp. Meek 1877
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae
Anarcestes lateseptatus (Beyrich 1837)
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae
Werneroceras crispiforme
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
? Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
Ladogioides sp. McLaren 1961
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
Fletcheria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Amplexocarinia sp. Soshkina 1928
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco State/province:Sahara
Coordinates: 26.7° North, 10.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.3° South, 6.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: First of three reef cycles
Lower Givetian, middle Givetian
Mud mound is growing through the first limestone, the Calceola Marl and the second limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Mud Mound, the core is a lime mud by clear sinous patches of the problematical stromatactis
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2883
Database number:79549
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:F. Reichel
Modifier:F. Reichel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-13 02:00:20 Last modified:2008-03-13 05:25:36
Access level:group members Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26693. A. Dumestre and L. V. Illing. 1967. Middle Devonian Reefs in Spanish Sahara. International Symposium on the Devonian System 333-350 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/P. Wagner]