Camille Arambourg Expedition: Miocene, Algeria
collected by Camille Arambourg 1920

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni n. sp. Carnevale and Santini 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria State/province:Sid Bel Abbes County:Sid Brahim
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 1.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chelif Formation:Tripoli
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks diatomite
Secondary lithology:diatomaceous marl
Lithology description: The Tripoli consists of a cyclic alternation of marine diatomite, diatomitic marls and sapropels that are widely distributed in the Mediterranean area.
Environment:basinal (siliceous)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MCZ,MNHN
Collectors:Camille Arambourg Collection dates:1920
Metadata
Database number:133612
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-09-19 01:38:32 Last modified:2012-09-18 10:38:32
Access level:the public Released:2012-09-19 01:38:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43042. 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]