Djenien, ML 229 (Carboniferous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (31.6° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tagnana Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• Tagnana (=Tagana) Formation, Early Bashkirian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Marie Legrand-Blain

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Aretz. 2011. Corals from the Carboniferous of the central Sahara (Algeria): the collection "Marie Legrand-Blain". Geodiversitas 33(4):581-624 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134936: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Aulina (Pseudoaulina) botanica Nudds 1977 horn coral