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Ktaoua - Lower Ktaoua - Assif bou Zeggarh, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

GroupKtaoua
FormationLower Ktaoua
MemberAssif bou Zeggarh
Age:461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalBerounian
Lithologysiltstone/siderite, "shale"
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences16

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Destombes Loc. 0899. Jbel Bou Ingarf Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoKtaoua - Lower Ktaoua - Assif bou Zeggarh
Destombes Loc. 1100. Jbel Amougner Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoKtaoua - Lower Ktaoua - Assif bou Zeggarh

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Beyrichiacea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Beyrichiacea460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Marrolithus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae : Marrolithus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Trinucleidae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Trinucleidae460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Kloucekia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : Kloucekia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Scotiella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Scotiella460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Eccoptochile sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Eccoptochile460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Dalmanitina socialis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Dalmanitina : Dalmanitina socialis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Eudolatites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Dalmanitidae : Eudolatites460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Colpocoryphe grandis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Colpocoryphe : Colpocoryphe grandis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Plaesiacomia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : Plaesiacomia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Tazzarinia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Giraldiellidae : Tazzarinia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Bucanopsis calypso
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bucaniidae : Bucanopsina : Bucanopsis calypso460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Tritonophon peeli
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tritonophon : Tritonophon peeli460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Clathrospira amouguerana
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Clathrospira : Clathrospira amouguerana460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Sinuitopsis neglecta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Cyrtonellida : Cyrtolitidae : Sinuitopsis : Sinuitopsis neglecta460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Horný R. J. (1997) Ordovician Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco), Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 53 3-4, 37-78
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