Reply to discussion on 'From Pan-African transpression to Cadomian transtension at the West African margin: new U–Pb zircon ages from the Eastern Saghro Inlier (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)' by Errami et al. (SP503, 209–233).

A precise U-Pb zircon age for the Bleida-Tachdamt Granodiorite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco: implications for the timing of deformation and terrane assembly in the eastern Anti-Atlas. Discussion on 'From Pan-African transpression to Cadomian transtension at the West African margin: new U-Pb zircon ages from the Eastern Saghro Inlier (Anti-Atlas, Morocco)' by Errami et al. (SP 503, 209-233). Owing to the low zircon fertility of mafic rocks, the reported 1.71-1.65 Ga baddeleyite ages ([16]) from sills and dykes in the basal Taghdout-Lkest Group have no analogues in the West African Craton zircon age record (e.g. compilation of [13]). Revised stratigraphic framework for the lower Anti-Atlas supergroup based on U-Pb geochronology of magmatic and detrital zircons (Zenaga and Bou Azzer-El Graara inliers, Anti-Atlas Belt, Morocco). [Extracted from the article]