Province de Constantine (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (36.3° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185645: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.05.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862 oyster
Nicaisolopha tissoti Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster
Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea tripolitana Krumbeck 1906 oyster
Ambigostrea villei Coquand 1862 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852 oyster
Amphidonte pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851 oyster
Ceratostreon pliciferum Dujardin 1837 oyster
Curvostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1862 oyster