Khabt-el-Hajar, bryozoan biostrome (Ordovician of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 2706

Where: Morocco (31.4° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 82.8° S, 74.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khabt-el-Hajar Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bryozoan biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Destombes, H. Hollard, and S. Willefert. 1985. Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Morocco. in C. H. Holland, Lower Palaeozoic of north-western and west-central Africa 91-336 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80781: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
 Cryptostomata - Escharoporidae
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Stigmatella sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906