Where: Algeria (26.6° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 76.2° S, 69.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Foum Ennemil Shale Formation, Wenlock to Wenlock (433.4 - 419.2 Ma)
• Lower member; graptolites indicate at least part of Wenlock, Ludlow, and Pridoli all present.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; claystone
•SEP environmental call based on given lith. and basic geological data provided by source ref. (PBDB 7455)
Primary reference: W. B. N. Berry and A. J. Boucot. 1973. Correlation of the African Silurian rocks. Geological Society of America Special Paper 147:1-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27174: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.11.2002
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Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Monograptus flemingii graptolite
Monograptus praeultimus graptolite
Monograptus microdon graptolite
Monograptus bouceki Pribyl 1940 graptolite | |
Plectograptus aff. macilentus graptolite |