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
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 | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Cyanophyceae | |
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Rhodophyceae | |
Mametella sp. Brenckle 1977
Stacheia sp. Brady 1876 | |
Sphaeroporella | |
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Anthozoa | |
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral | |
Strophomenata | |
Bryozoa | |
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