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Jbel Wawrmast

FormationJbel Wawrmast
Member(s)Brèche à grave Micmacca
Brèche à Micmacca
Tarhoucht
Age:513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalAmgan
Lithologylimestone, marl
Number of Collections5
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Loc. X280Azilal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Brèche à grave Micmacca
Lemdad-MuldeOuargla Province, AlgeriaJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
Lemdad-MuldeTaroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
TazenakhtTazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
bei TachgueltAsni Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
Ounein basinAsni Cercle, Al Haouz Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
TinifitErrachidia Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast
Ourika Wawrmas OW1Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast
BerkikDrâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast
Tizi n’TelganeTinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht
Near AlnifAlnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Brèche à Micmacca
In a creek bedErrachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Brèche à Micmacca
IGR 23000Arfoud (Erfoud), Arfoud Cercle, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast
Itsiar localityMarrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Brèche à Micmacca
Section Le IIMarrakech Prefecture, Marrakesh-Safi Region, MoroccoJbel Wawrmast - Brèche à Micmacca

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Jbel Wawrmast - Brèche à grave Micmacca513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
limestone17
Jbel Wawrmast - Brèche à Micmacca513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
packstone/wackestone, mudstone, "limestone"37
Jbel Wawrmast - Tarhoucht513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
limestone, mudstone24

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hyolitha
phylum
2Animalia : Hyolitha513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Emarites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Emarites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Oboedalites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Oboedalites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Patholites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Patholites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Rodentilites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Rodentilites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Tajinella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Tajinella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Tizilites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Tizilites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Slapylites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Hyolithida : Slapylitidae : Slapylites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Circotheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Circothecidae : Circotheca513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Gracilitheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Gracilithecidae : Gracilitheca513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Contitheca sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolitha : Orthothecida : Contitheca513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Hyolithellus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hyolithellidae : Hyolithellus513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Chancelloria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Problematica : Coeloscleritophora : Chancelloriida : Chancelloriidae : Chancelloria513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Tateltella ranoculata
species
7Animalia : Problematica : Mobergellidae : Tateltella : Tateltella ranoculata513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Oreisator tichkaensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Oreisator : Oreisator tichkaensis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Parasolenopleura sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Parasolenopleura513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Cobboldites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Weymouthiidae : Cobboldites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Morocconus notabilis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Weymouthiidae : Morocconus : Morocconus notabilis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Myopsolenites boutiouiti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Harpetida : Bathynotidae : Myopsolenites : Myopsolenites boutiouiti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Cambroproteus lemdadensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Cambroproteus : Cambroproteus lemdadensis513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Eoptychoparia tafilaltensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Eoptychoparia : Eoptychoparia tafilaltensis513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Hamatolenus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Hamatolenus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Hamatolenus (Hamatolenus) vincenti
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Ellipsocephalidae : Hamatolenus : Hamatolenus (Hamatolenus) vincenti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Kingaspis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Kingaspis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Protolenus (Protolenus) densigranulatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Ellipsocephalidae : Protolenus : Protolenus (Protolenus) densigranulatus513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Cambropallas telesto
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Holmiidae : Cambropallas : Cambropallas telesto516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Acadoparadoxides deani
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : Paradoxides : Acadoparadoxides deani516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Lapworthella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Tommotiida : Lapworthellidae : Lapworthella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Echinodermata
phylum
2Animalia : Echinodermata513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Helicocystis moroccoensis
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Helicocystitidae : Helicocystis : Helicocystis moroccoensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionelloida
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Tichkaella hamata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Coreospiridae : Tichkaella : Tichkaella hamata513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Bemella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Bemella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Capitoconus inclinatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionellidae : Capitoconus : Capitoconus inclinatus513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella capula
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella : Helcionella capula513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella lemdadensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella : Helcionella lemdadensis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Helcionella subrugosa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Helcionella : Helcionella subrugosa513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Igorella iacobinica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Igorella : Igorella iacobinica513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Leptostega abrupta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Leptostega : Leptostega abrupta513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Marocella mira
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Marocella : Marocella mira513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Marocella tichkaensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Marocella : Marocella tichkaensis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Protowenella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionellidae : Protowenella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Securiconus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionellidae : Securiconus513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Dorispira comma
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Rugaeconidae : Dorispira : Dorispira comma513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella atlasensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella : Pelagiella atlasensis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Pelagiella lorenzi
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Pelagiellida : Pelagiellidae : Pelagiella : Pelagiella lorenzi513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Oikozetetes seilacheri
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Orthrozanclidae : Oikozetetes : Oikozetetes seilacheri513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

References

Geyer G. (1986) Mittelkambrishe Mollusken aus Marokko und Spanien, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 67 1/4, 55-118
Marek L., Malinky J. M., et al (1997) Middle Cambrian fossils from Tizi n''Tichka, the High Atlas, Morocco. Part 2. Hyolitha, Journal of Paleontology 71 4, 638-656
Geyer G., Malinky J. M. (1997) Middle Cambrian fossils from Tizi n`Tichka, the High Atlas, Morocco. Part 1. Introduction and trilobites, Journal of Paleontology 71 4, 620-637
Skovsted C. B. (2004) Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 51 1, 11-37
Streng M., Skovsted C.B. (2006) A new mobergellan (small shell fossils) from the early Middle Cambrian of Morocco and its significance, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 3, 209-220
Parkhaev P. Y., Demidenko Y. (2010) Zooproblematica and mollusca from the Lower Cambrian Meishucun section (Yunnan, China) and taxonomy and systematics of the Cambrian small shelly fossils of China, Paleontological Journal 44 8, 883-1161 doi:10.1134/s0031030110080010
Smith A. B., Zamora S. (2013) Cambrian spiral-plated echinoderms from Gondwana reveal the earliest pentaradial body plan, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 1765 doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1197
Geyer G. (2015) Exotic trilobites from the Lower–Middle Cambrian boundary interval in Morocco and their bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89, 749-781
Geyer G., Valent M., et al (2018) Helcionelloids, stenothecoids and hyoliths from the Tannenknock Formation (traditional lower middle Stage 4/Wuliuan boundary interval) of the Franconian Forest, Germany, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0433-5
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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