Province de Constantine (Cretaceous of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (36.3° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 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 185646: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.05.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Ceratostreon pliciferum Dujardin 1837 oyster
Amphidonte pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851 oyster
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea villei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ambigostrea tripolitana Krumbeck 1906 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862 oyster