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First Upper Devonian crustacean coprolites: Favreina prima n. sp. from northern Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Hans-Georg Herbig
Hans-Georg Herbig*
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Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Marburg, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

The crustacean coprolite Favreina prima n. sp. and its internal structure are described from an upper Frasnian–lowermost Famennian limestone clast of moderately deep water origin, which derived from an Upper Carboniferous conglomerate of the Rif Mountains, northern Morocco. The fecal pellets were produced by early decapods that may be related to the Palaeopalaemonidae. Foraminifers of the stratigraphic marker genus Eonodosaria are associated with the coprolite. This is the third report of Paleozoic crustacean coprolites and the first occurrence prior to the Lower Permian.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 98 - 103
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