Also known as Djebel Onk

Where: Algeria (34.7° N, 8.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Top of the main sub-layer (2) or "a" belonging to the upper unit of the "Upper Thanetian phosphatic beam"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, phosphatic claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

• Repository: Laboratory of Geosciences, Tebessa University, Algeria

Primary reference: S. Boulemia and S. Adnet. 2023. A new Palaeogene elasmobranch fauna (Tebessa region, eastern Algeria) and the importance of Algerian-Tunisian phosphates for the North African fossil record. Annales de Paléontologie 109(102632) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232262: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.11.2023

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