Brezina, Saida department (PIN collection 3394) (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (33.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• Hauterivian? intermediate sandstone series

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: L. V. Arnoldi, V. V. Zherikhin, L. M. Nikritin and A. G. Ponomarenko. 1977. Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:1-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123148: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
? Gomphaeschnidae indet.2
? Gomphaeschnidae indet.2 Tillyard and Fraser 1940 true dragonfly
PIN 3394/4
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Hexameropsis africana n. sp.1
Hexameropsis africana n. sp.1 Sinitshenkova 1975 mayfly
PIN 3394/3,2
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
"Necronectes cyrenaicus n. sp." = Timarchopsis cyrenaicus
"Necronectes cyrenaicus n. sp." = Timarchopsis cyrenaicus Ponomarenko 1977 beetle
PIN 3394/24
 Blattodea - Liberiblattinidae
Kurablattina samsonovi n. sp.2, Kriedoblatta gondwanensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Kurablattina samsonovi n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/21
Kriedoblatta gondwanensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/7, 15, 20
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
? Elisama algeriaensis n. sp.2
? Elisama algeriaensis n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/8, 6, 9, 12, 22
 Blattodea - Corydiidae
Afrophaga extincta n. gen. n. sp.2, Sajda equatorialis n. gen. n. sp.2
Afrophaga extincta n. gen. n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/19, 10(14)
Sajda equatorialis n. gen. n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/16(17)
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Otazka systematicka n. gen. n. sp.2, Meloblatta brezinica n. gen. n. sp.2
Otazka systematicka n. gen. n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/23(18), 5
Meloblatta brezinica n. gen. n. sp.2 Vršanský 2021 cockroach
PIN 3394/13
1Sinitshenkova 1975; 2Vršanský et al. 2021