S Oued Temertasset, A-320/5 (Carboniferous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (26.6° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Argiles de Teguentour Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• sample A-320/5, Late Tournaisian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified claystone and lithified limestone

• claystone with thin limestone intercalations or lenticular noduls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, and V. Ebbighausen. 2010. The ammonoids from the Argiles de Teguentour of Oued Temertasset (early Late Tournaisian; Mouydir, Algeria). Fossil Record 13(1):35-152 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135370: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Dzhaprakoceras biconvexum n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Follotites folloti n. gen. n. sp., Follotites flexus n. sp.
Follotites folloti n. gen. n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Follotites flexus n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Rotopericyclidae
Mouydiria mouydirensis n. gen. n. sp.
Mouydiria mouydirensis n. gen. n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Ouaoufilalites creber n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite