Where: Algeria (35.6° N, 8.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 25.6° N, 19.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fahdene Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• Calycoceras naviculare and Metoicoceras geslinianum zones
• 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 220825: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.06.2021
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aenona cenomanensis Abbass 1962 tellin clam | |
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
? Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle | |
Glossus aquilinus Coquand 1862 clam | |
Radiolites cf. sauvagesi d'Hombres-Firmas 1838 rudist | |
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) thevestensis Coquand 1862 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) trigona Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854 oyster | |
Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) fourneli Coquand 1862 scallop |