Northern flank of the Djurdjura (Ordovician of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (36.5° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 76.5° S, 86.4° E)

When: Djurdjura Limestone Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; micaceous, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Makhlouf, B. Lefebvre, E. Nardin, A. Nedjari, and C. R. C. Paul. 2017. The diploporite blastozoan Lepidocalix pulcher from the Middle Ordovician of northern Algeria: Taxonomic revision and palaeoecological implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):299-310 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196944: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites sp. Wahlenberg 1818
 Rhombifera - Caryocystitidae
Heliocrinites rouvillei von Koenen 1886
Caryocystites sp. Buch 1844
Rhombifera
 Hemicosmitoida - Caryocrinitidae
"Corylocrinus cf. crassus" = Juglandocrinus crassus
"Corylocrinus cf. crassus" = Juglandocrinus crassus von Koenen 1886