Conodonts from the Lower Ordovician of Morocco — Contributions to age and faunal diversity of the Fezouata Lagerstätte and peri-Gondwana biogeography

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Lehnert, Oliver, Nowak, Hendrik, Sarmiento, Graciela N., Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Akodad, M., Servais, Thomas
• Other Authors: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Morocco; Gondwana; Fezouata Formation; Conodonts; Lower Ordovician; Gutiérrez; Sarmiento; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/184726; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.03.023; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001665; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

This study documents conodont faunas of the Fezouata Formation, recovered from the AZ-1 borehole at Adrar Zouggar Mountain and from outcrops near Zagora in south-eastern Morocco. The Fezouata Formation was deposited on the peri-Gondwanan shelf near the South Pole during Early Ordovician times. It is...