Skip to main content

IMIS

A new integrated search interface will become available in the next phase of marineinfo.org.
For the time being, please use IMIS to search available data

 

[ report an error in this record ]basket (1): add | show Print this page

one publication added to basket [295720]
Givetian rugose corals from the Zemmour in Mauritania
Coen-Aubert, M. (2017). Givetian rugose corals from the Zemmour in Mauritania. Geol. Belg. 20(3-4): 161-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.20341/gb.2017.009
In: Geologica Belgica. Geologica Belgica: Brussels . ISSN 1374-8505; e-ISSN 2034-1954, more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Author 

Keywords
    Rugosa † [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Rugosa; taxonomy; stratigraphy; Givetian; palaeobiogeography; Gondwana

Author  Top 
  • Coen-Aubert, M., more

Abstract
    Ten species and three forms of rugose corals from the Givetian of the Zemmour in Northern Mauritania are described and illustrated, confirming the age of the coral levels intercalated in a succession of mainly detrital deposits more than 300 m thick. Five taxa are new: Acanthophyllum filiforme n. sp., A. sougyi n. sp., Charactophyllum soraufi n. sp., C. mauritanicum n. sp. and Macgeea tourneuri n. sp. The coral fauna of the Zemmour is characterized by some North Gondwanan species such as Siphonophrentis kullmanni (Birenheide, 1978). However, there are also several species defined in the Givetian of Western and Eastern Europe which are useful for stratigraphic correlations, especially Acanthophyllum heterophyllum (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851), Sociophyllum isactis (Frech, 1886), Spinophyllum spongiosum (Schlüter, 1889) and Argutastrea briceae (Rohart, 1988). Farther to the east, the relationships with the Givetian of Russia, China and Australia are only occasional. Additionally, the fauna of the Zemmour is unusual due to the occurrence of the rather rare genera Moravophyllum Kettnerova, 1932, Charactophyllum Simpson, 1900 and Iowaphyllum Stumm, 1949.

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Author