Bou Rheddou, d 6 (Jurassic of Algeria)

Also known as Partie supérieure de la formation 2 et formation 1 d`Arkell & Busson

Where: Algeria (35.7° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Les Marno-Calcaires Supérieurs Formation, Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• greenish marl with intercalations of micritic bioturbated limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Atrops and M. Benest. 1984. Les formations du Jurassique supérieur du Bou Rheddou au Nord de Tiaret (Bordure sud-tellienne, Algérie): âge et milieux de dépôt. Géobios 17(2):207-220 [F. Fursich/S. Hicks/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45084: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Simone Hicks on 03.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Paraulacosphinctes sp. Schindewolf 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
 Thaumatoporellales -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae