Research paper
New species of the rugose coral genus Lithostrotion Fleming in the upper Viséan from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin (Morocco)
SERGIO RODRÍGUEZ
Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, UCM, c/José Antonio Novais, 2. 28040 Madrid, Spain. sergrodr@geo.ucm.es
Departamento de Geología Sedimentaria y Cambio Medioambiental, Instituto de Geociencias, CSIC, UCM, c/José Antonio Novais, 2. 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Corresponding author
IAN D. SOMERVILLE
UCD School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. Ian.Somerville@ucd.ie
ISMAIL SAID
Direction de la Géologie, Division de la Géoinformation et Publications, Service du Patrimoine Géologique et des Musées, Rue Abou Marouane Essadi BP: Rabat Instituts 6208 – Haut Agdal, Rabat, Morocco.
ABSTRACT
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.
Key words: Rugosa, Azrou-Khenifra Basin, systematics, Carboniferous, Morocco.
How to cite: Rodríguez, S., Somerville, I.D. & Said, I. 2017. New species of the rugose coral genus Lithostrotion Fleming in the upper Viséan from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin (Morocco). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 32 (1), 27-34.
Received 22 November 2016, Accepted 30 January 2017, Published 30 June 2017
https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.32.1.17028
