ammonites
Horizon 397, Itsiar, Jbel Wawrmast Form., Morocco - Geyer and Mergl 1997 (Cambrian of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° S, 111.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cephalopyge notabilis zone, Breche a Micmacca Member (Jbel Wawrmast Formation), Solvan (513.0 - 501.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone

• Pale, grey, slightly dolomitic limestone (bioclastic wackestone) bearing abundant trilobite sclerites.

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: Only includes brachiopods for genus/species descriptions.

Primary reference: G. Geyer and M. Mergl. 1997. Protorthacean brachiopods from the Middle Cambrian of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):791-812 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9792: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 19.01.2001