PBDB Collection

NW Oued Temertasset, MOU-B (Carboniferous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (26.7° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• sample MOU-B, bulk sample of various horizons, Late Tournaisian

• group of beds-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 135398: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae	Becanites inflateralis Becanites inflateralis Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae	Imitoceras dimidium Imitoceras dimidium Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Goniatitidae	Progoniatites pilus, Progoniatites uncus, Progoniatites globulus, Progoniatites paenacutus, Habadraites supralatus, Primogoniatites fundator Progoniatites pilus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Progoniatites uncus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Progoniatites globulus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Progoniatites paenacutus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Habadraites supralatus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Primogoniatites fundator Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Temertassetiidae	Jerania sicilicula, Jerania jeranensis, Jerania persimilis, Temertassetia secunda, Temertassetia decorata, Temertassetia coarta, Temertassetia temertassetensis Jerania sicilicula Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Jerania jeranensis Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Jerania persimilis Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Temertassetia secunda Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Temertassetia decorata Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Temertassetia coarta Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Temertassetia temertassetensis Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Rotopericyclidae	Mouydiria scutula Mouydiria scutula Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae	Follotites stelus n. sp., Follotites folloti, Follotites flexus, Eurites permutus, Muensteroceras subparallelum Follotites stelus n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Follotites folloti Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Follotites flexus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Eurites permutus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Muensteroceras subparallelum Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae	Dzhaprakoceras amplum, Dzhaprakoceras vergum Dzhaprakoceras amplum Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Dzhaprakoceras vergum Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Goniatitida - Pericyclidae	Pericyclus intercisus, Pericyclus trochus, Pericyclus circulus, Nodopericyclus circumnodosus Pericyclus intercisus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Pericyclus trochus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Pericyclus circulus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite Nodopericyclus circumnodosus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite