Level 2, Aptian, Bou-Saada, Algeria (Cretaceous of Algeria)

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

• 7-8 meters of gray limestones in thick-beds alternating with thin layers of marls.

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

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster oblongus Brogniart 1821 heart urchin