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Z-F26. Toumiat, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Lat/Long (Decimal)	30.3983,-5.7075
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Anti Atlas, Morocco
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Z-F26. Toumiat	Kröger B., Lefebvre B. (2012)	Upper Fezouata		siltstone	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Asaphellus jujuanus species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Asaphellus : *Asaphellus jujuanus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ampyx sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : *Ampyx*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Apatokephalus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : *Apatokephalus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Parabathycheilus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : *Parabathycheilus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Neseuretus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Neseuretus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Pradoella sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : *Pradoella*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Toletanaspis sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : *Toletanaspis*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Colpocoryphe sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : *Colpocoryphe*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Destombesiceras zagorense species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Apocrinoceratidae : Destombesiceras : *Destombesiceras zagorense*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Lesueurilla prima species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lesueurillidae : Lesueurilla : *Ophileta prima*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Carcassonnella courtessolei species	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Carcassonnellidae : Carcassonnella : *Carcassonnella courtessolei*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Carcassonnella vizcainoi species	Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Carcassonnellidae : Carcassonnella : *Carcassonnella vizcainoi*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

References

Kröger B., Lefebvre B. (2012) Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Fossil Record 15 2, 61-75

Martin E. L. O., Vidal M., et al (2016) Biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental controls on the trilobite associations from the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Shale of the central Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 460, 142-154 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.06.003

Ebbestad J. O. R. (2016) Gastropoda, Tergomya and Paragastropoda (Mollusca) from the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Formation, Morocco, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.003

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