Trilobites from the latest Frasnian Kellwasser crisis in North Africa [Mrirt, Central Moroccan Meseta]

• Autorzy: Feist R
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Latest Frasnian trilobites are recorded for the first time from North Africa. They occur in oxygenated limestones between the Lower and Upper Kellwasser horizons at Bou Ounabdou near Mrirt, central Moroccan Meseta. The faunas are very close to the contemporaneous associations in European sections both by their taxonomic composition and by patterns of evolutionary behavior towards eye reduction. Two new taxa are described: Gondwanaspis mrirtensis gen. et sp. nov., which is the last known representative of the Odontopleuridae before its extinction at the base of the Upper Kellwasser horizon, and Pteroparia ziegleri maroccanica subsp. nov., a geographical variant of the nominal subspecies from Sessacker in the Rhenish Slate Mountains.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

trilobite; fauna; Frasnian; Trilobita; location; Kellwasser crisis; biogeography; Africa; Morocco; paleontology

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: 47
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.203-210,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Feist R

• Universite Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France

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