The Zaouïa Formation, also known as the Zaouïa Schists,Zaouïa Schists at Mindat.org is a Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) geologic formation in Algeria. The formation crops out in the Aïssa Mimoun Massif near Zaouïa of Stita at the confluence of Wadi Stita and Wadi Seba at about northeast of Tizi-Ouzou in the municipality of Makouda, in the Kabylian Mountains of northern Algeria. The type locality is about away from the Katian outcrops of northern Djurdjura.
Description The Zaouïa Formation consists of slightly metamorphosed green or grey micaceous mudstones with many intercalated tuff beds.Makhlouf et al., 2017, p.301
Fossil content The following fossils were reported from the formation:Zaouïa of Stita at Fossilworks.org
Blastozoa Lepidocalix pulcherMakhlouf et al., 2017, p.302 Trilobites Colpocoryphe arago Pharostoma pulchra Hydrozoa Inocaulis gigas Pterobranchia Thallograptus barbieri Dendrograptus sp. ?Airograptus betieri Strophomenata Actinomena orta ?Strophomena barbieri
See also Fezouata Formation Ordovician radiation
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