Where: Sidi-Bel-Abbes, Algeria (35.3° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified diatomite and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, replaced with carbon

Collected by Unknown in 1920's; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. Carnevale. 2004. The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae). Geological Magazine 141(5):573-582 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133238: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 07.09.2012

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