Tafraout Group
The Tafraout Group (Full name: Douar Tafraout Group, to not confuse it with Tafraout in other region, also known as "Zawyat Ahançal Group") is a geological group of Toarcian-Aalenian (Lower Jurassic-Middle Jurassic) age in the Azilal, Béni-Mellal, Imilchil, Zaouiat Ahansal, Ouarzazate, Tinerhir, Tinejdad and Errachidia areas of the High Atlas of Morocco. The Group represents the remnants of a local massive Siliciclastic-Carbonate platform ("Tafraout Platform"), best assigned to succession W-E of fluvial to tidal flat to inner platform to open marine settings, recording a dramatic decrease of the carbonate productivity under increasing terrigenous sedimentation, as well the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event.