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