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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail | |
Echinoidea | |
? Hirudocidaris ex gr. uniformis pencil urchin | |
"Cidaris strombecki" = Balanocidaris strombecki, Cidaris sp.
"Cidaris strombecki" = Balanocidaris strombecki Desor 1858 pencil urchin
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin |