Where: Algeria (35.1° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 0.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Emaciatum ammonoid zone, Bayada Formation, Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• Elisa subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Elmi, A. Marok, A. Sebane and Y. Alméras. 2009. Importance of the Mellala section (Traras Mountains, northwestern Algeria) for the correlation of the Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundary. Volumina Jurassica 7:37-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148281: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Lioceratoides ex gr. serotinus Bettoni 1900 ammonite
Tauromeniceras sp. Mouterde 1967 ammonite |