Echinoidea, Radanj, Urgonian, Albania (Cretaceous to of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (40.6° N, 20.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: L. H. Peza and J. Zitt. 2002. Urgonian (Early Cretaceous) echinoids of the Mirdita zone (Southern Albania). Geologica Carpathica 53(5):327-332 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 40807: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris strombecki" = Balanocidaris strombecki, Cidaris sp.
"Cidaris strombecki" = Balanocidaris strombecki Desor 1858 pencil urchin
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin