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Menizla, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco

FormationMenizla
Age:305 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalStephanian B
Tectonic SettingRift
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences14

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
CDUE-74-MTaroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
A2Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
A4Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
CDUE 77-A5Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
CDUE 75-AGVTaroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
CDUE 75-AGXXIVTaroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla
CDUE 80-TaVTaroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoMenizla

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Opsiomylacris thevenini
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Pteridomylacridae : Opsiomylacris : Opsiomylacris thevenini304.8 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Spiloblattina pygmaea
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Spiloblattinidae : Spiloblattina : Spiloblattina pygmaea304.8 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Anthracoblattina striata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Phyloblattidae : Anthracoblattina : Anthracoblattina striata304.8 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta304.8 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta occidentalis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Phyloblattidae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta occidentalis304.8 - 303.4 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Hmich D., Schneider J. W., et al (2003) First Permocarboniferous insects (blattids) from North Africa (Morocco) - implications on palaeobiogeography and palaeoclimatology, Freiberger Forschungshefte C 499, 117-134
Hmich D., Schneider J. W., et al (2005) Spiloblattinidae (Insecta, Blattida) from the Carboniferous of Morocco, North Africa - implications for biostratigraphy, The Nonmarine Permian, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 30, 111-114
Belahmira A., Schneider J. W., et al (2019) Phyloblattidae and Compsoblattidae (Insecta, Blattodea) from the late Carboniferous Souss basin, Morocco, Journal of Paleontology 93, 945-965
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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