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RESEARCH PRODUCT
New species of the rugose coral genus Lithostrotion Fleming in the upper Viséan from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin (Morocco)
Ismail SaidSergio RodríguezIan D. Somervillesubject
geographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyCoralPaleontologyStructural basinbiology.organism_classificationQE701-760LithostrotionPaleontologyrugosa azrou-khenifra basin systematics carboniferous maroccoRidgeGenusViséanType localitydescription
The new species Lithostrotion termieri Rodríguez & Somerville is described. It shows very large corallites of the rugose genus Lithostrotion Fleming. It has been recorded up to now only in upper Viséan rocks from the type locality, the Akrab ridge, Morocco also called Tizi Ben Zizouit by Termier & Termier (1950), who identified it as Lonsdaleia floriformis, and south-east from Tabainout, also from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2020-04-01 | Spanish Journal of Palaeontology |