Taoudraras, Algeria (Carboniferous of Algeria)

Also known as Reef 619

Where: Algeria (31.0° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° S, 0.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kebir Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Same facies and fossils occur in Ioucha and Oubeur Formations. Kebir contains thickest mounds

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• ramp setting
• Coral-microbial framestone flanking sponge-bryozoan mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Madi, P.-A. Bourque, and L. Mamet. 1996. Depth-related ecological zonation of a Carboniferous carbonate ramp: upper Viséan of Béchar Basin, western Algeria. Facies 35:59-80 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 24272: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cyanobacteria indet. Stanier 1973
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
encrusting
Rhodophyceae
 Calcifoliida - Fasciellidae
  - Aoujgaliaceae
Mametella sp. Brenckle 1977
Stacheia sp. Brady 1876
Sphaeroporella
  -
Sphaeroporella sp. Wu 1991
encrusting
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Ramose