Dm45, Aïn El Orak: Early/Lower Turonian, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Vascoceratidae
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Fagesia tevesthensis
(Peron 1896)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pseudotissotiidae
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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) sinaiticum
(Douvillé 1928)
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° North, 0.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.2° North, 0.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian | Ammonoid zone: | Choffaticeras sinaiticum |
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rhoundjaïa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Abou Bekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen (Algeria) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 227915 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-11-09 23:40:37 | Last modified: | 2022-11-10 14:14:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-11-09 23:40:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83065. | M. L. Guendouz, D. Zaoui, M. Benyoucef, G. El Qot, C. Meister, A. Piuz, and M. Bensalah. 2022. Late Cenomanian-early Turonian ammonites from the Western Saharan Atlas (Algeria). Historical Biology 34:2156-2172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |