Where: Algeria (36.8° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, white, silty marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: J. Emberger. 1954. Note sur la stratigraphie et la paléontologie de l'Aptien de Bordj Oultem, région de Bou Sâada (Dép. d'Alger), Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4(1-3):145-150 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40788: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Epiaster restrictus heart urchin | |
Heteraster tissoti heart urchin | |
Holectypus macropygus sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea latissima oyster | |
Hinnites sp. Defrance 1821 scallop | |
Foraminifera | |
"Orbitolina discoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea, "Orbitolina conoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea
"Orbitolina discoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea Gras 1852
"Orbitolina conoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea Gras 1852 |