Where: Algeria (35.6° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Acanthoceras rhotomagense ammonoid zone, Fahdene Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Laboratory of Geodynamics, Engineering Geology and Planetology of the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB; Algiers, Algeria).
Primary reference: S. Mendir, S. Salmi-Laouar, G. M. El Qot, W. Ayoub-Hannaa, and B. Ferré. 2021. Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) bivalves from the Hameimat Massifs, north of Tebessa, Algeria: Systematics, biostratigraphy, palaeoecological and taphonomical remarks. Annales de Paléontologie 107(102471) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220824: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.06.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854 oyster | |
Gyrostrea delettrei, Curvostrea rouvillei, Ilymatogyra africana, Costagyra olisiponensis, Ceratostreon flabellatum, Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam |