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Outer Feijas - Fezouata - Lower, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Group	Outer Feijas
Formation	Fezouata
Member	Lower
Age:	478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Interval	Tremadocian
Lithology	mudstone/siltstone, "shale"
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	14

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Lower Fezouata Formation North of Zagora	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Outer Feijas - Fezouata - Lower
Destombes Loc. 1750	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Outer Feijas - Fezouata - Lower

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Rhopalocystis destombesi species	7	Rhopalocystidae : Rhopalocystis : *Rhopalocystis destombesi*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Thelxiope sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Merostomoidea : Emeraldellida : *Thelxiope*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Symphysurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Nileidae : *Symphysurus*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Macrocystella bohemicus species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Macrocystellidae : Macrocystella : *Macrocystella bohemicus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Clonograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Dichograptidae : *Clonograptus*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Choia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Choiidae : *Choia*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Choiaella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Choiidae : *Choiaella*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hamptonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Hamptoniidae : *Hamptonia*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hamptonia christi species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Hamptoniidae : Hamptonia : *Hamptonia christi*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Pirania auraeum species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Piraniidae : Pirania : *Pirania auraeum*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Valospongia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : *Valospongia*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic

References

Van Roy P., Orr P. J., et al (2010) Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type, Nature, 215-218 doi:10.1038/nature09038

Botting J. P. (2016) Diversity and ecology of sponges in the Early Ordovician Fezouata\r\nBiota, Morocco, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 460, 75-86

Allaire N., Lefebvre B., et al (2017) Morphological disparity and systematic revision of the eocrinoid genus\r\nRhopalocystis (Echinodermata, Blastozoa) from the Lower Ordovician of the central Anti-Atlas (Morocco), Journal of Paleontology 91 4, 685-714 doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.6

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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