Assemsouk, High Atlas, Morocco (Jurassic to of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 471

Where: Morocco (30.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 6.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian to Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 182.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

• massive beds of pure limestone; reef structure 90 m high, 1250 m long

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. W. Lee. 1983. Bivalve mounds and reefs of the central High Atlas, Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 43:153-168 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21261: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.06.2002, edited by Benjamin Brenneis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia sp.1 Defrance 1824
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Spirocyclinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp.1 Paalzow 1922
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Thaumatoporellales -
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.1 Bourne 1900 stony coral
Cerioid corals
 Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Oppelismilia sp.1 Duncan 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Phacelostylophyllum sp.1 Melnikova 1972 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.1 Deshayes 1827 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Scurria sp.1 Gray 1847 limpet
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Plicatostylidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus furcatus" = Arcomytilus furcatus
"Mytilus furcatus" = Arcomytilus furcatus Münster 1837 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Corbis sp." = Fimbria1, Lucina sp.1
"Corbis sp." = Fimbria1 Mühlfeldt 1811 clam
Lucina sp.1 Bruguière 1797 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.1 Sowerby 1823 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
? Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827 clam
Pachyrisma sp.1 Morris and Lycett 1850 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opisoma sp.1 Stoliczka 1871 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae