Core Nl3 -2734.2, Graptolites, Upper Silurian, Laghouat, Algeria: Ludlow, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea
Monograptus ultimus Perner 1899
recombined as Neocolonograptus ultimus
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus bohemicus (Barrande 1850)
recombined as Bohemograptus bohemicus
Monograptus chimaera
Monograptus formosus
Monograptus aequabilis
Monograptus aequabilis nov. var.
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 3.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:69.9° South, 53.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Ludlow
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sampled from the core in sediments from 2734.2m below the surface.
Lower Middle Ludlow.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pyritic,black lithified argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56787
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-24 09:34:52 Last modified:2005-11-24 12:11:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-24 09:34:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15303.1% 19580S. Willefert. 1962. Quelques graptolites du Silurien supérieur du Sahara septentrional. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4(1):24-40 [L. Villier/L. Villier]