Bouarif, Unit B (Cretaceous of Algeria)
Where: Batna, Algeria (36.1° N, 4.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Marnes de Smail Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; marl
• "deep to shallow, muddy bottom environments of the distal platform with low sedimentation rate"
• "The formation consists mainly of marls"
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: R. Aouissi, G. M. El Qot, S. Salmi-Laouar, C. Gomez-Espinosa, and B. E. Buitron-Sanchez. 2024. Cenomanian gastropods of Bellezma-Aures mountains (Batna, NE Algeria): Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. Journal of African Earth Sciences 209:105100 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 234824: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Alissa Watson on 18.05.2024
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Cimolithium tenouklense snail | |
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Campanile ganesha snail | |
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Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862 snail | |