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 VI
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified marl
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 79372: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylina dendroidea Koby 1906 stony coral | |
Thecoseris schardti stony coral | |
Mesomorpha magna n. sp.
Mesomorpha magna n. sp. Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993 stony coral | |
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Microsolena hassimguitaensis Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993 stony coral |