Filon Douze Tafilalt, P: Eifelian, Morocco
collected by Kröger 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Brevicoceratidae
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Brevicoceras magnum
Kröger 2008
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cerovoceras fatimi
Kröger 2008
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cerovoceras brevidomus
Kröger 2008
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Nothoceratidae
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Nothoceratidae sp.
Fischer 1882
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Infundibuloceras longicameratum
Kröger 2008
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Pseudorthoceratidae
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Subormoceras rissaniense
Kröger 2008
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Pseudorthocerida
- Spyroceratidae
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Diagoceras sp.
Flower 1936
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Morocco |
| Coordinates: | 30.9° North, 4.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° South, 19.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | Conodont zone: | Pedavus patulus- Oneotus costatus |
| Age range of interval: | 391.9 - 388.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bou Tchrafine | ||
| Local section: | Filon Douze | Local bed: | P |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous packstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified calcareous floatstone | ||
| Lithology description: 1-m thick, massive, dark grey dacryoconarid packstone-floatstone that consists of two conspicuous fossil rich layers, see also Klug (2002) | |||
| Environment: | offshore shelf | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,recrystallized,original aragonite,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection,surface (in situ),mechanical | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MfN | ||
| Collectors: | Kröger | Collection dates: | 2007 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92077 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | B. Kröger |
| Modifier: | B. Kröger | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 15:15:28 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 17:15:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 15:15:28 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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