S. Elmi corals from the Awragh-Afennourir Syncline (Jurassic of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.3° N, 4.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.0° N, 7.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Levinsoni zone, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; yellow limestone

• The corals collected by S. Elmi were determined to correspond to a reef that was located below areas of wave action, in the photic zone and in mesotrophic waters.
• The bioherms from which the coral samples were collected by S. Elmi were found on top of a layer of yellow bioclastic limestone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collected by S. Elmi in the 2000s

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• The genera that were said to be present near the area of discovery, but not collected themselves, were terebratulid brachiopods, as they were present in a bed that was next to the layer of bioclastic limestone, in which the corals were found.

Primary reference: B. Lathuilière. 2011. Faune coralliene des récifs toarciens du Moyen Atlas marocain, première approche . Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 182(6):533-544 [W. Kiessling/M. Zenklusen/M. Zenklusen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233562: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Matias Zenklusen on 16.02.2024

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lateomeandra sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Isastrea sp.
? Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Proleptophyllia cf. granulum, ? Proleptophyllia sp.
? Proleptophyllia sp. Alloiteau 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Periseris sp., Microphyllia spp., ? Microphyllia lineata
Periseris sp. Ferry 1870 stony coral
Microphyllia spp. D'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
? Microphyllia lineata Beauvais 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia spp., Thecosmilia spp.
Montlivaltia spp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Thecosmilia spp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
? Diplocoenia sp.
? Diplocoenia sp. Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia sp.
Cladophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral