KK13, Khechem El Kebeur (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (33.2° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Watinoceras coloradoense ammonoid zone, Rhoundjaïa Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Thomasites rollandi subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repsitory: Université de Tlemcen, Abou Bekr Belkaïd

Primary reference: D. Zaoui, M. Adaci, M. Benyoucef, M. L. Guendouz, A. Mennad and M. Bensalah. 2024. Description d'une faune d'ammonites inédite dans le Turonien inférieur des Monts des Ksour (Algérie). Annales de Paléontologie 110(102636)more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236203: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2024

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite