S Oued Temertasset, MOU-E12 (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)

• Late Tournaisian, Helicocyclus-Ouaoufilalites assemblage

• 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 135443: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Eurites permutus, Eurites doliaris n. sp., Muensteroceras multitudum
Eurites permutus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Eurites doliaris n. sp. Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Muensteroceras multitudum Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Temertassetiidae
Kusinia falcifera
Kusinia falcifera Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
"Helicocyclus formosus" = Serpenticyclus formosus, "Helicocyclus inornatus" = Serpenticyclus inornatus, Ouaoufilalites creber
"Helicocyclus formosus" = Serpenticyclus formosus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
"Helicocyclus inornatus" = Serpenticyclus inornatus Korn et al. 2010 ammonite
Ouaoufilalites creber Korn et al. 2010 ammonite