Hassi Mguita, Ouled Nails Mountains, Unit R III (Jurassic to of Algeria)

Also known as Reef 3709

Where: Algeria (34.8° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• Unit R III

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• limestone bed between boundstone beds L 1 and L 2

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat. 1993. Une nouvelle faune de coralliaire jurassiques dans l'Atlas sahariens d'Algerie [A new Jurassic coral fauna from the Saharan Atlas of Algeria]. Geobios 26(3):291-318 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79369: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia nivernensis
Cryptocoenia nivernensis Beauvais 1964 stony coral