Tirechoumine, ML 579 (Carboniferous to of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (26.2° N, 1.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tirechoumine Formation, Chadian to Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified limestone

• shale with sandy shale, thin limestone interbeds

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 135035: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida -
Stereolasmatina indet.
Stereolasmatina indet. Hill 1981 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Zaphrentoides sp.
Zaphrentoides sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral