Camille Arambourg Expedition (Miocene of Algeria)

Where: Sid Bel Abbes, Algeria (35.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tripoli Formation (Chelif Group), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); diatomite and diatomaceous marl

• The Tripoli consists of a cyclic alternation of marine diatomite, diatomitic marls and sapropels that are widely distributed in the Mediterranean area.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Camille Arambourg in 1920; reposited in the MCZ, MNHN

Primary reference: G. Carnevale and F. Santini. 2006. Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae), from the Miocene (Messinian) of Chelif Basin, Algeria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):815-821 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133612: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 19.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni n. sp.
Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni n. sp. Carnevale and Santini 2006