Fauna of level 4, Anti-Atlas (Devonian of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 7.3° W: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 24.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous shale and black limestone
• "Termes calcareo-argileux, lumachelliques a brachiopodes au SW passant aux calcaires noirs a ``orthoceres'', a lamellibranches de facies ''barrandien'' et a tentaculites vers le NE puis aux argilites a ``Monograptus'' hercynius et aux calcaires noirs dur Tafilalt"
Primary reference: H. Hollard. 1977. Le domaine de l'Anti-Atlas au Maroc. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5) 168-194 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13936: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002, edited by Antje Girndt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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? Onoetodus beckmanni, ? Onoetodus sp., ? Onoetodus ortuformis, ? Onoetodus typica, Peleksygnathus serratus, Peleksygnatus sp. n. sp.
Peleksygnatus sp. n. sp. | |
Anthozoa | |
Palaeocyclus kokeni horn coral | |
Conodonta | |
Trichonodella inconstans Ziegler 1960 conodont
Trichonodella symmetrica Rhodes 1953 conodont | |
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
Ancyrodelloides sp. Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont | |
Spathognathodus primus, Hindeodella equidentata, "Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis, "Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina, Plectospathodus extensus
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
"Spathognathodus steinhornensis" = Ozarkodina steinhornensis Ziegler 1956 conodont
"Plectospathodus alternatus" = Ozarkodina conodont
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont | |
? Icriodus ? angustoides conodont
Icriodus woschmidti Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
"Neoprioniodus bicurvatus" = Synprioniodina bicurvata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Lonchodina walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
Lonchodina detorta Walliser 1964 conodont | |
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans, "Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri
"Ligonodina elegans" = Oulodus elegans Walliser 1964 conodont
"Trichonodella excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont | |
Acodina curvata, Acodina sp. n. sp., Spathognathodus frankenwaldensis, Spathognathodus asymmetricus, Spathognathodus transitans
Acodina curvata conodont
Acodina sp. n. sp. Stauffer conodont
Spathognathodus frankenwaldensis conodont
Spathognathodus asymmetricus Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont
Spathognathodus transitans Bischoff and Sannemann 1958 conodont | |
Drepanodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont | |
Paltodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont | |
Pterobranchia | |
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Gastropoda | |
Ptychosphaera constricta Perner 1903 snail | |
Bucanella sp. Meek 1871 snail | |
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites vaissieri clam
Nuculites posthumus clam | |
Paracyclas bohemica clam | |
Grammysia deornata clam
Grammysia ovata clam | |
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Praelucina cf. soror, Silurina distorta, Hercynella bohemica, Jahnia cf. elongata, Jahnia procerula, Jahnia cf. incumbens, Jahnia cf. major
Praelucina cf. soror clam
Silurina distorta clam
Hercynella bohemica clam
Jahnia cf. elongata clam
Jahnia procerula clam
Jahnia cf. incumbens clam
Jahnia cf. major clam | |
"Mytilus cf. esuriens" = Plethomytilus esuriens
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Leptodesma carens oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii
"Howellella mercurii" = Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880 | |
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Tentaculita | |
Dicricoconus sp. Fisher 1962 | |
Trilobita | |
"Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa, "Proetus (Coniproetus) cf. affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis
"Warburgella rugulosa" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa Alth 1874 trilobite
"Proetus (Coniproetus) cf. affinis" = Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis Bouček 1933 trilobite | |
Acaste talebensis, Treveropyge ebbae, Acastella heberti, Acastella tiro, Acastella patula, Acastella jacquemonti
Acaste talebensis trilobite
Treveropyge ebbae trilobite
Acastella heberti trilobite
Acastella tiro trilobite
Acastella patula trilobite
Acastella jacquemonti trilobite | |
Calymene cf. interjecta trilobite | |
Digonus cf. zemmourensis trilobite |