Abstract: The Givetian pelagic and dysoxic outer shelf facies of the Dra Valley (SW Morocco)
yielded as minor benthic faunal elements a number of stringocephalid and uncitid brachiopods that
allow a precise correlation of these marker brachiopods with the regional, detailed goniatite zona-
tion.  In a reverse situation, the predominant neritic shallow-water succession of the Bergisch Glad-
bach area (Rhenish Massif, Germany), which is characterized by a detailed succession of
stringocephalids and Uncites, has yielded rare and new Middle Givetian goniatite species.
These findings allow, with some help of conodont data, neritic-pelagic correlations within and
between widely separated basins.  New species are Tornoceras n. sp. from the Büchel Formation
(with coloration remains), 'Trevoneites' paffrathensis n. sp. from the Lower Plattenkalk For-
mation, and Maenioceras heinorum n. sp. from the Hornstein Member.  New material of stringo-
cephalids and Uncites is described from the Dra Valley.  The identical, well-detined range of
Uncites (U.) gryphus gryphus in the lower to middle parts of the Middle Givetian of the Dra
Valley and Rhenish Massif underscores the stratigraphical significance of this genus that was
widely distributed in Europe, northern Gondwana, the Urals, and Central and Eastern Asia.