Dm31, Aïn El Orak (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (33.4° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vascoceras cauvini ammonoid zone, Rhoundjaïa Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Abou Bekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen (Algeria)

Primary reference: M. L. Guendouz, D. Zaoui, M. Benyoucef, G. El Qot, C. Meister, A. Piuz, and M. Bensalah. 2022. Late Cenomanian-early Turonian ammonites from the Western Saharan Atlas (Algeria). Historical Biology 34:2156-2172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227911: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898 ammonite
Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909 ammonite