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Fezouata, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Formation	Fezouata
Member(s)	Lower Upper
Age:	485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Tremadoc
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	1

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Zagora	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Fezouata - Upper
Z-F24. North of Toumiat	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Fezouata - Upper
Taichoute	Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Fezouata - Upper
Bou Auglf	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Fezouata - Lower
Tigzigzaouine Hill	Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco	Fezouata

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Fezouata - Lower	485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic	limestone/"shale"	1
Fezouata - Upper	478 - 467 Ma Ordovician	siltstone/"limestone", siltstone	8
Lower Fezouata	485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic	limestone/"shale", siltstone/"limestone", "shale"	50

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Plumulites bengtsoni species	7	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Phyllodocida : Plumulites : *Plumulites bengtsoni*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Lichakephalus stubbsi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichakephalidae : Lichakephalus : *Lichakephalus stubbsi*	485.4 - 477.7 Ma Paleozoic
Macrocystella bohemicus species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Macrocystellidae : Macrocystella : *Macrocystella bohemicus*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Plasiacystis mobilis species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Soluta : Syringocrinida : Plasiacystidae : Plasiacystis : *Plasiacystis mobilis*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Destombesiceras zagorense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Apocrinoceratidae : Destombesiceras : *Destombesiceras zagorense*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Bathmoceras taichoutense species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Bathmoceras : *Bathmoceras taichoutense*	477.7 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Choia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Choiidae : *Choia*	477.7 - 467.3 Ma Ordovician
Hamptonia christi species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Hamptoniidae : Hamptonia : *Hamptonia christi*	477.7 - 467.3 Ma Ordovician
Pirania auraeum species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Protomonaxonida : Piraniidae : Pirania : *Pirania auraeum*	477.7 - 467.3 Ma Ordovician
Asthenospongiidae family	5	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Asthenospongiidae	477.7 - 467.3 Ma Ordovician

References

Botting J. P. (2007) Cambrian demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges, Geobios 40, 737-748

Fortey R. A. (2011) The first known complete lichakephalid trilobite, Lower Ordovician of Morocco, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42, 1-7

Kröger B., Lefebvre B. (2012) Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Fossil Record 15 2, 61-75

Parry L. A., Edgecombe G. D., et al (2019) Jaw elements in Plumulites bengtsoni confirm that machaeridians are extinct armoured scaleworms, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 1907, 1-8

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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