A diverse trace-fossil assemblage from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Teniet El Klakh Formation (western Saharan Atlas, Algeria)

F Mekki, I Bouchemla, M Adaci, S Talmat… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mixed siliciclastic–carbonate Teniet El Klakh Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)
mainly consists of a monotonous, clay and fine-grained sandstone alternation with some …

Storm-dominated shallow marine trace fossils of the Lower Devonian Teferguenite Formation (Saoura valley, Algeria)

M Bendella, M Benyoucef… - Italian Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mixed siliciclastic-carbonate Teferguenite Formation (Pragian-Emsian) occurring in the
Ougarta Range (SW Algeria) is subdivided into two members: the Lower Member consists of …

Abundant Zoophycos and Chondrites from the Messinian (Upper Miocene) of northwestern Algeria

O Vinn, M Bendella, M Benyoucef, LJ Zhang… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Messinian diatomaceous deposits are widely exposed in the Lower Chelif Basin (NW-
Algeria). The upper part of the Diatomaceous Formation is intercalated by four …

Lower Jurassic trace fossil Zoophycos from the Ksour Mountains of northwestern Algeria and their palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental significance

I Bouchemla, M Benyoucef, LJ Zhang, MA Salamon… - Palaeoworld, 2024 - Elsevier
The Zoophycos ichnofacies is reported for the first time from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian)
deposits of Algeria. The trace fossil-bearing strata in the Ksour Mountains, northwestern …

[HTML][HTML] Early Cretaceous shifting of Zoophycos in the Ouarsenis Mountains (northwestern Algeria)

I Bouchemla, LJ Zhang, M Benyoucef… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Early Cretaceous succession of the Oued Fodda Formation in the Ouarsenis Mountains
(northwestern Algeria) is mainly composed of marl–limestone alternations, which are …

Zoophycos and related trace fossils from the Chefar El Ahmar Formation, Upper Emsian-Frasnian Ia-Ib (Ougarta, SW Algeria)

I Bouchemla, M Bendella, M Benyoucef, O Vinn… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Emsian to Frasnian Ia-Ib strata of the Marhouma area (or “km 30”
outcrop), exposed in the Ougarta Range (SW Algeria) belong to the Chefar El Ahmar …

The Upper Jurassic Faïdja Formation (Northwestern Algeria): Sedimentology, biostratigraphy and ichnology

I Bouchemla, M Bendella, M Benyoucef… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Faïdja Formation displays mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits distributed in
three members, which are organised from bottom to top as follows: the Clayey Sandstone …

Trace fossils from the Berriasian–Valanginian of the Ouarsenis Range (northwestern Algeria) and their paleoenvironmental implications

A Cherif, M Benyoucef, MN Naimi, B Ferré… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Berriasian–Valanginian succession crop** out in the Ouarsenis Range
(northwestern Algeria) consists of ammonite-bearing, marlstone-limestone alternations …

An unusual oxygen-deficient ichnofauna from the Vaca Muerta Formation: implications for the ichnofacies model

M Paz, MG Mángano, LA Buatois, PR Desjardins… - Lethaia, 2023 - idunn.no
In most oxygen-deficient ancient successions, Chondrites and Zoophycos are typical and
recurrent trace fossils that are the last to disappear during deoxygenation events. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] The unexpected occurrence of enigmatic 'percevalicrinids'(Echinodermata, Crinoidea) in the Lower Jurassic strata of North Africa—Implications for their …

MA Salamon, M Benyoucef, K Paszcza, F Mekki… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The marl and limestone alternations of the Lower Jurassic Ain Ouarka and Ain Rhezala
formations (Pliensbachian–Toarcian) in the western Saharan Atlas, Northwest Algeria, yield …