Assekaifaf, ML 517 (Carboniferous to of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (27.0° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° S, 7.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Assekaifaf Formation, Asbian to Asbian (340.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Late Visean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• limestone beds in 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 135342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida -
Stereolasmatina indet.
Stereolasmatina indet. Hill 1981 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
? Amplexizaphrentis illizidensis n. sp.
? Amplexizaphrentis illizidensis n. sp. Aretz 2011 horn coral