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Coronates are widely distributed in Ordovician and Silurian rocks from Gondwana but have never been reported from Africa. A single theca of Mespilocystites sp. is the first representative of this blastozoan clade from the African continent, extending its geographical range. Previous reports of Mespilocystites include the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The African specimen was collected from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) Upper Tiouririne Formation of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas Ranges, and is preserved in siliciclastic rocks associated with isorophid edrioasteroids and echinosphaeritid rhombiferans.

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