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Destombes Loc. 0756. Tazzarine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Lat/Long (Decimal)30.77,-5.66
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationZagora, Morocco
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Destombes Loc. 0756. Tazzarine, Tiz n'TakhritRuta M. (1999)Upper KtaouaUpper Ktaoua Formation. Fossils have some affinities with late Ashgill; trinucleid trilobites with upper Rawtheyan. (Changed to Upper Ktaoua by PJW 2018-08-09)mudstone455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Plumulites sp.
genus
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Phyllodocida : Plumulites455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Ostracoda
class
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Dionide sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Dionididae : Dionide455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Amphitryon sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Amphitryon455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Onnia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Onnia455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Stenopareia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Stenopareia455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Lichas sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Lichas455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Selenopeltis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Odontopleuridae : Selenopeltis455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Baniaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : Baniaspis455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Kloucekia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : Kloucekia455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Flexicalymene sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Cheirurus (Actinopeltis) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Cheirurus : Cheirurus (Actinopeltis)455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Dreyfussina sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Dreyfussina455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Eudolatites sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Eudolatites455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Mucronaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Mucronaspis455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Brongniartella platynota marocana
subspecies
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Brongniartella : Brongniartella platynota marocana455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Calymenella sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Calymenella455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Comatopoma sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Giraldiellidae : Comatopoma455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Chonetoidea radiatula
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Aegiromenidae : Chonetoidea : Chonetoidea radiatula455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Eostropheodonta sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Leptostrophiidae : Eostropheodonta455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Eochonetes canaliferus
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Eochonetes : Eochonetes canaliferus455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Conulariida
order
Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Conulariida455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Maghrebocystis pachytheca
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Aristocystitidae : Maghrebocystis : Maghrebocystis pachytheca455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Destombesia sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Destombesia455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Heliocrinites sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Caryocystitidae : Heliocrinites455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Echinosphaerites aurantium
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Echinosphaeritidae : Echinosphaerites : Echinosphaerites aurantium455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Nanocarpus milnerorum
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Cornuta : Amygdalothecidae : Nanocarpus : Nanocarpus milnerorum455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Anatifopsis sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Mitrata : Kirkocystidae : Anatifopsis455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Placocystites sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Mitrata : Placocystites455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Bivalvia
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Palaeoneilo sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Palaeoneilo455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Praenucula sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Praenucula455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Pterinea sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Pterinea455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Cephalopoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda455.8 - 445.6 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

References

Babin C, Destombes J (1990) Les mollusques bivalves et rostroconches Ordoviciens de l’Anti-Atlas marocain: Intérêt paléogéographique de leur inventaire, Géologie Méditerranéenne 17, 243-261
Ruta M. (1999) A new stylophoran echinoderm, Juliaecarpus milnerorum, from the late Ordovician Upper Ktaoua Formation of Morocco, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (Geology) 55 2, 47-79
Anonymous Z. Z. (2018) Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies to be recognized
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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