Level g2, Bou Hadjar Bloc, Ouarsenis Mountains, Algeria (Jurassic of Algeria)

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

• encrinitic limestone interbed between massive oolitic limestones

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

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" arthaberi Simionescu 1899
"Rhynchonella" (? Lacunosella) acutiloba Deslongchamps 1856
listed as "Rhynchonella" (?Lacunosella) acutiloba
"Rhynchonella" (? Capillirhynchia) funiculata Deslongchamps 1856
listed as "Rhynchonella" (?Capillirhynchia) funiculata
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
Caucasella trigona Quenstedt 1852
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
""Rhynchonella" palma" = Lacunaerhynchia palma
""Rhynchonella" palma" = Lacunaerhynchia palma Szajnocha 1879