New upper Givetian to basal Frasnian conodont faunas from the Tafilalt (Anti-Atlas, Southern Morocco)

• Autorzy: Aboussalam Z.S. , Becker R.T.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Conodont faunas, mostly from previously unsampled sections of the Tafilalt (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and spanning the upper Givetian to basal Frasnian, include first records of species for the region and NW Gondwana as well as new taxa: "Ozarkodina" maroccanica n. sp., Polygnathus aequidivisus n. sp., Po. dengleri sagitta n. ssp., Po. jorfensis n. sp., Po. saevus n. sp., Po. tafilensis n. sp., and Schmidtognathus longicavus n. sp. The morphology of Tortodus subsymmetricus n. sp. suggests relation ships of Tortodus with Frasnian ancyrognathids. Other taxa are described in open nomenclature: Po. cristatus n. ssp., Icriodus aff. I. symmetricus, Skeletognathus aff. Sk. norrisi, and enigmatic supposed Pb elements (Gen. et sp. indet.). Ctenopolygnathus lanei Kuzmin (1995) is emended and distinctive morphotypes are recognized in Ct. angustidiscus and Po. collieri. Mesotaxis falsiovalis Sandberg et al. (1989) is a subjective junior synonym of the widely over looked M. guanwushanensis (Tian, 1988). There vised regional lithostratigraphy and conodont sequences allow to refine the upper Givetian zonation. The former Upper disparilis Zone is subdivided into succes sive Po. dengleri sagitta and Po. dengleri dengleri subzones. The basalmost Frasnian Ancyrodella rotundiloba pristina Zone (= MN 1 Zone) is preserved as a thin, condensed lime stone just at one locality (Bine Jebilet). The over lying Frasnes Event Beds (Lower Styliolinites) seem to fall in the subsequent Ad. rotundiloba soluta Zone (MN 2 Zone). Records of rare taxa, such as Po. paradecorosus, Po. Pollocki Morphotype 1, old est Po. webbi, Ct. angustidiscus, and Ct. lanei may be help ful for correlation into distant areas or shallower facies.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Morocco; Frasnes Event; Givetian; Frasnian; conodont taxonomy; conodont biostratigraphy

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 51, No 4
• Strony: 345--374
• Opis fizyczny: bibliogr.107 poz., fot., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Aboussalam Z.S.

autor

Becker R.T.

• Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-49149 Münster, Correns 24, Germany,

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