Mustapha (Pliocene of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (36.8° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic, blue marl and lithified, sandy marl

• The lower Pliocene sediments are mostly deepseamarls (blue marls) with rich microfaunas,whereas the middle and upper Pliocene are represented by shallow water deposits such as sandy marls, sands, conglomerates, biocalcarenites, and

•calcareous sandstones where coralline algae and macro-invertebrates such as molluscs, brachiopods, bryozoans, echinoids are generally abundant. A glauconite-rich layer often occurs near the top of the lower Pliocene blue marls, especially in the Sahel of Algiers.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: M. A. Bitner and P. Moissette. 2003. Pliocene brachiopods from north-western Africa. Geodiversitas 25(3):463-479 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152660: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 29.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Aphelesia bipartita
Aphelesia bipartita Brocchi 1814
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Megathiris detruncata
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia eusticta
Megerlia eusticta Philippi 1836
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina retusa
Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula terebratula