Fossil Record 13(1): 13-34, doi: 10.1002/mmng.200900009
The ammonoids from the Grès du Kahla supérieur of Timimoun (Middle-early Late Tournaisian; Gourara, Algeria)
expand article infoD. Korn‡, V. Ebbighausen§, J. Bockwinkel|
‡ Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France§ deceased on 3rd June 2011| Dechant-Fein-Str. 22, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany
© D. Korn, V. Ebbighausen, J. Bockwinkel.
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Citation: Korn D, Ebbighausen V, Bockwinkel J (2010) The ammonoids from the Grès du Kahla supérieur of Timimoun (Middle-early Late Tournaisian; Gourara, Algeria). Fossil Record 13(1): 13-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmng.200900009
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Abstract
The ammonoids from two very prolific horizons in the upper Kahla Sandstone (Tournaisian, Early Carboniferous) of Timimoun (Gourara, Algeria) are described monographically. Nine new ammonoid species are introduced: Imitoceras altilobatum n. sp., Triimitoceras amplisellatum n. sp., Kazakhstania inequalis n. sp., Acrocanites imperfectus n. sp., Xinjiangites scalaris n. sp., and Becanites canalifer n. sp. from the North African Kazakhstania-Acrocanites Assemblage as well as Acrocanites recurvus n. sp., Becanites singularis n. sp., and Becanites inflateralis n. sp. from the Pericyclus-Progoniatites Assemblage. The first of these is one of the most diverse ammonoid faunas known from this time interval.

doi:10.1002/mmng.200900009