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First Bani - Taddrist, Morocco

GroupFirst Bani
FormationTaddrist
Member(s)middle
Age:466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
IntervalOretanian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Tasdrigal? FmAssa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, MoroccoFirst Bani - Taddrist
Destombes Loc. 0882. Inakiane plain Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoFirst Bani - Taddrist - middle

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Lower Ktaoua - Assif bou Zeggarh458 - 453 Ma
Ordovician
limestone4
Taddrist467 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
siderite/siltstone1
First Bani - Taddrist - middle467 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
shale15

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Elegantilites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Elegantilites467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Palaeophycus sp.
genus
6Palaeophycus467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Teichichnus sp.
genus
6Teichichnus467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Parabarrandia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Nileidae : Parabarrandia467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Caudillaenus nicolasi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Caudillaenus : Caudillaenus nicolasi467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Eccoptochile sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Eccoptochile467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Morgatia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Morgatia467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Colpocoryphe sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Colpocoryphe467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Tissintia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : Tissintia466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Exoconularia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Scyphozoa : Exoconularia467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Asterozoa
subphylum
2.3Animalia : Echinodermata : Asterozoa467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Diploporita
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Didymograptus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hemichordata : Dichograptidae : Didymograptus467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Cyrtodontula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Cyrtodontula466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Cardiolaria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Cardiolaria466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Praenucula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Praenucula467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Orthoceratoidea
subclass
3.3Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratoidea467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Cyrtonellida
order
4Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida467.3 - 458.4 Ma
Middle 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
Rabano I., Gutiérrez-Marco J. C., et al (2014) A remarkable illaenid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician of Morocco, Bulletin of Geosciences 89 2, 365-374 doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1467
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