RT Journal Article
T1 Mississippian coral assemblages from the Khenifra area, Central Morocco: Biostratigraphy, biofacies, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography
A1 Said, Ismail
A1 Somerville, Ian D.
A1 Rodríguez García, Sergio
A1 Cózar Maldonado, Pedro
AB Analysis of Mississippian coral assemblages from the Khenifra region of Central Morocco together with data from foraminiferal/algal microfossils has established new age dating of 5 localities within the Azrou–Khenifra Basin: Souk El Had and Sidi Lamine, where corals occur mainly in biostromes protected by oolitic shoals, Tabainout, where corals have been recorded in different environments related to microbial mounds, Alhajra Almatkouba, where corals occur in biostromal reworked beds and Tiouinine, where corals occur in a well structured, fringing reef. This study demonstrates the presence of richer more diverse coral assemblages than previously recorded, in a variety of environmental settings. These coral assemblages strengthen correlations with the Adarouch area in the NE part of the Azrou–Khenifra Basin. It is emphasised that in the upper Viséan there are close similarities with rugose coral assemblages in other parts of the Western Palaeotethys including North Africa, SW Spain and NW Europe, and that all belong to the same biogeographic province.
PB Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam
SN 1342-937X
YR 2013
FD 2013-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34490
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34490
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025