Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 1.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 3.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Gracilis Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: F. Atrops and Y. Alméras. 2005. Les Brachiopodes du Callovien de l'Ouarsenis (Tell algérien): paléontologie, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements. Revue de Paléobiologie 24(2):563-595 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella" arthaberi, "Rhynchonella" (? Lacunosella) acutiloba, "Rhynchonella" kaminskii, "Rhynchonella" (? Capillirhynchia) funiculata, Capillirhynchia solitaria
"Rhynchonella" arthaberi Simionescu 1899
"Rhynchonella" (? Lacunosella) acutiloba Deslongchamps 1856 listed as "Rhynchonella" (?Lacunosella) acutiloba
"Rhynchonella" kaminskii Uhlig 1878
"Rhynchonella" (? Capillirhynchia) funiculata Deslongchamps 1856 listed as "Rhynchonella" (?Capillirhynchia) funiculata
Capillirhynchia solitaria Oppel 1860 | |
Caucasella trigona Quenstedt 1852 | |
""Rhynchonella" palma" = Lacunaerhynchia palma
""Rhynchonella" palma" = Lacunaerhynchia palma Szajnocha 1879 |