Province de Constantine: Aptian, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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? Ostrea leymeriei
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Rastellum rectangulare
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Aetostreon latissimum
(Lamarck 1801)
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Ceratostreon boussingaulti
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 6.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.5° North, 11.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 185641 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-05-04 03:31:24 | Last modified: | 2017-05-04 03:31:24 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-08-04 03:31:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62230. | A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |