Fezouata Formation
The Fezouata Formation or Fezouata Shale is a geological formation in Morocco which dates to the Early Ordovician. It was deposited in a marine environment, and is known for its exceptionally preserved fossils, filling an important preservational window beyond the earlier and more common Cambrian Burgess shale-type deposits.
| Fezouata Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Fossil of a marrellomorph from one of the exceptionally preserved intervals. | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Zini Formation |
| Thickness | >1,000 m (3,300 ft), combined for upper and lower formations, the two exceptionally preserved intervals ~25 m (82 ft) and 15 m (49 ft) respectively |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30.6°N 5.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 73.9°S 108.1°E |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Country | Morocco |
Fezouata Formation (Morocco) | |
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