Geobulletin alpha

Source info:

Author:	Dave
Date:	2014-12-17 09:01:00
Blog:	Views of the Mahantango
URL:	http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/2014/12/glyptogypa-multiplicata-brachiopod-from.html

Summary:

I've been wanting to get some Devonian fossils from Morocco that were not trilobites for some time now. My thought was that they had to exist out there in the desert but that they weree just being overlooked by the collectors since they could make more money selling trilobites. Lucky for me that I stumbled upon a dealer on Facebook who did have some brachiopods from Jebel Issomour for sale and I snapped them up.This is  Glyptogypa multiplicata and comes from rocks dated to the Eifelian stage of the Devonian period.Specimen #1Pedicle valveAnteriorPedicle valvePosteriorProfileSpecimen #2Brachial valveAnteriorPedicle valvePosteriorProfileI identified this fossil based on the paper:Middle Devonian brachiopods from the southern Maïder (eastern Anti- Atlas, Morocco). Halamski, A.T. and Baliński, A., 2013. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 83: 243–307.Thank you Odou for these fossils!

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Stratigraphic context:

Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]:	Devonian [2] Middle Devonian [1] Eifelian [1]
Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]:	Devonian [0.72] Paleozoic [0.72] Phanerozoic [0.72] Middle Devonian [0.5] Eifelian [0.1]

Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Anti-Atlas	MA	29.9755	-8.04711
Morocco	MA	31.4342	-6.40245

Keywords:

1Pedicle valveAnteriorPedicle valvePosteriorProfileSpecimen, 2Brachial valveAnteriorPedicle valvePosteriorProfileI, A.T., Annales Societatis Geologorum, Atlas, Brachiopod, collectors, dealer, desert, Devonian fossils, Devonian period.Specimen, Eifelian stage, Facebook, Glyptogypa multiplicata brachiopod, Halamski, Jebel Issomour, Maïder (eastern Anti- Atlas, Morocco)., Middle Devonian brachiopods, money, Morocco, paper, Poloniae, rocks, sale, thought, time, trilobites