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Tazemmourt, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

Lat/Long (Decimal)30.3833,-8.8
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Tazemmourt, "Tiout" biohermsGeyer G., Landing E., et al (1995)AmouslekBeds 4-7 of Debrenne 1978. Alvaro et al. 2006 transfer the "archaeocyathid-bioherm facies" of the Tiout Member of the Igoudine Formation into the Amouslek Formation."limestone"520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Tazemmourt, upper Amouslek biohermsDebrenne F., Debrenne M. (1995)AmouslekBeds 18 and 20 of Debrenne 1978"limestone"520 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
TZ-22Skovsted C. B., Clausen S., et al (2014)AmouslekCambrian Series 2, Stage 3.

Erismacocisnus fasciolus–Retecoscinus minutus archaeocyathan Zone.
Eofallotaspis trilobite Zone.

Fig. 2 illustrates 6 beds from which tommotiids are recovered, but it does not specify which is TZ-22.
"limestone"520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bigotinops sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Protolenidae : Bigotinops520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Eofallotaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Nevadiidae : Eofallotaspis520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Fallotaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Fallotaspididae : Fallotaspis520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Resserops sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Neoredlichiidae : Resserops520 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Oymurania sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Oymurania520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Tannuolina maroccana
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Tommotiida : Tannuolinidae : Tannuolina : Tannuolina maroccana520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Agastrocyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Irregulares : Archaeocyathida : Agastrocyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Dictyocyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Irregulares : Archaeocyathida : Dictyocyathus520 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Neoloculicyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Irregulares : Archaeocyathida : Neoloculicyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Protopharetra sp.
genus
Animalia : Archaeocyathidae : Protopharetra520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Afiacyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Afiacyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Erismacoscinus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Erismacoscinus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Mennericyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Mennericyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Nochoroicyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Nochoroicyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Retecoscinus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Retecoscinus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Rotundocyathus sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Regulares : Ajacicyathida : Rotundocyathus520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

References

Geyer G., Landing E., et al (1995) Faunas and depositional environments of the Cambrian of the Moroccan Atlas regions, Beringeria, Special Issue 2, 47-119
Debrenne F., Debrenne M. (1995) Archaeocyaths of the Lower Cambrian of Morocco, Beringeria, Special Issue 2, 121-145
Skovsted C. B., Clausen S., et al (2014) Tommotiids from the early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) of Morocco and the evolution of the tannuolinid scleritome and setigerous shell structures in stem group brachiopods, Palaeontology 57 1, 171-192 doi:10.1111/pala.12060
Kouchinsky A., Holmer L. E., et al (2015) The new stem-group brachiopod Oymurania from the lower Cambrian of Siberia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 doi:10.4202/app.00037.2013
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