Where: Algeria (36.8° N, 4.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, gray wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: J. Emberger. 1954. Note sur la stratigraphie et la paléontologie de l'Aptien de Bordj Oultem, région de Bou Sâada (Dép. d'Alger), Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4(1-3):145-150 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40786: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823 | |
Echinoidea | |
Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821 heart urchin |