Hameimat North section, Unit B (Cretaceous of Algeria)

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
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
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
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae