Fossils from Algeria

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Fossils from Algeria

Bericht door webmaster » 21 sep 2009, 15:55

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

The fossil photos above were sent to me by email. Fossils from Algeria are relatively unknown in the rest of the world.
Does anybody know more about these specimens?
Geologic age of our area: Carboneferous to Cretacious (More cretacious /cenomanian Algerian). Position North East Algeria 100 kms south Mediterranean sea (inland) 1000 m above sea water line.


1st specimen
This specimen there is two kinds all are disk form here in photo about 15 cm diameter one have bulb in center other have like fish tail i found i same place tens of pcs smallest have about 5 cm diam the biggest but broken have about 40 cm but rare 1%, the major 70% are btween 10 and 15 CM, thickness between 0,5 AND 1 cm

Specimen 1b:
Same as above but have tail in centre in place of bulb

1 and 1b ID by webmaster: Sea Urchin.

2nd specimen
gastropod

3rd specimen
Resolved in other forum it's a coral ASPIDISCUS CRISTATUS (cenomanian Algerien)

4th specimen
Bivalves LOPHA ? TRIGONIA ? dimension length 10 to 15 cm width up 2 cm ,width down 8 to 10 cm because down they have a hook form.
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Re: Fossils from Algeria

Bericht door webmaster » 21 sep 2009, 16:10

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

Afbeelding

More fossils.

The last one is a nautilus


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Re: Fossils from Algeria

Bericht door omr3 » 23 sep 2009, 02:40

webmaster wrote:
The fossil photos above were sent to me by email. Fossils from Algeria are relatively unknown in the rest of the world.
Does anybody know more about these specimens?
Geologic age of our area: Carboneferous to Cretacious (More cretacious /cenomanian Algerian). Position North East Algeria 100 kms south Mediterranean sea (inland) 1000 m
above sea water line.


Good day,

Thank's for posting my photos but recently for first fossil "disk form 1 and 1b" i discover that look like an actual coral kind "tabular coral" here is an photo.

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1st specimen
This specimen there is two kinds all are disk form here in photo about 15 cm diameter one have bulb in center other have like fish tail i found i same place tens of pcs smallest have about 5 cm diam the biggest but broken have about 40 cm but rare 1%, the major 70% are btween 10 and 15 CM, thickness between 0,5 AND 1 cm

Specimen 1b:
Same as above but have tail in centre in place of bulb

1 and 1b ID by webmaster: Sea Urchin.

2nd specimen
gastropod

3rd specimen
Resolved in other forum it's a coral ASPIDISCUS CRISTATUS (cenomanian Algerien)

4th specimen
Bivalves LOPHA ? TRIGONIA ? dimension length 10 to 15 cm width up 2 cm ,width down 8 to 10 cm because down they have a hook form.
[Bewerkt door webmaster op 21-09-2009 om 14:58 NL]

photo 1 and 1b is a coral Afbeelding

[Editted by omr3 on 23-09-2009 at 01:42 GMT +1]


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Re: Fossils from Algeria

Bericht door Anwardai » 28 dec 2019, 00:38

They are just shells, and this is normal in our country, Algeria


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Re: Fossils from Algeria

Bericht door FossilDude » 28 dec 2019, 12:30

@Anwardai : You are reacting to a topic from 2009, so this thread is not really active any more.

Off course, you are always welcome to share your own fossils from Algeria in a new topic.

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