El Ahmar, ML 694 (Carboniferous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (27.4° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.9° S, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Djebel Berga Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Marie Legrand-Blain

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Aretz. 2011. Corals from the Carboniferous of the central Sahara (Algeria): the collection "Marie Legrand-Blain". Geodiversitas 33(4):581-624 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135032: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
Amygdalophyllum sp. Dun and Benson 1920 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral