South of Midelt gastropods (Jurassic of Morocco)
Where: Morocco (32.6° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 0.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Witchellia laeviuscula ammonoid zone, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified marl
• carbonate platform/ shallow carbonate (based on a combo. of lithology and paleogeographic map provided in paper)
• marls infilling (Triassic?)
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by D. Sadki
Primary reference: M. A. Conti and S. Monari. 2001. Middle Jurassic Gastropods from the Central High Atlas, Morocco. Geobios 34(2):183-214 [A. Miller/K. Feser]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97899: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kelsey Feser on 07.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Pyrgotrochus cf. elongatus Sowerby 1818 snail | |