Djebel Tebag, Ouled Nails Mountains (Jurassic of Algeria)

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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reefal limestone, 100 m thick

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 79366: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia macroseriata n. sp.
Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843 stony coral
Meandrophyllia macroseriata n. sp. Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Solenocoenia cf. desori" = Cryptocoenia desori
"Solenocoenia cf. desori" = Cryptocoenia desori Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Cheilosmilia microstoma
Cheilosmilia microstoma Koby 1888 stony coral
Demospongiae
  -
Bauneia sp., Ptychochaetetes sp.
Bauneia sp. Peterhans 1927 demosponge
listed as Baunia
Ptychochaetetes sp. Koechlin 1947 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
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Ellipsactinia sp.
Ellipsactinia sp. stromatoporoid sponge