North Africa Algeria
Geological Time: Neogene Miocene Messinian
Lower Chelif Basin
image and identification courtesy of Dr.
View of a specimen of Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
scale bar 100 µm
The identification is based upon:
, : Benzina, M.; Hebib, H.; Ziouit, K.; Bensalah, M. (2022). Paleoenvironmental conditions preceding the Messinian salinity crisis in
Lower Chelif Basin based on benthic foraminifera (Northwestern Algeria);
A case study of Djebel Meni section. Journal of African Earth Sciences 192 (2022) 104539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104539 Plate 1, Fig. 5