Mississippian coral assemblages from the Khenifra area,Central Morocco: Biostratigraphy,biofacies, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography |
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| Authors: | Ismail Said Ian D Somerville Sergio Rodríguez Pedro Cózar |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento y U.E.I. de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas e Instituto de Geociencias, CSIC-UCM, José Antonio Novais 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland UK;3. UEI de Paleontología, Instituto de Geociencias CSIC-UCM, José Antonio Novais 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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