: Uppermost Messinian-Piacenzian microfossils from the Dahra geological succession (Lower Chelif Basin, Algeria). (Scale bar: Figs. 1-30: 100 μm; Figs. 31-40: 5 μm). Fig. 1 Cytherura pyrama Schneider. Carapace in left lateral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Figs. 2-3 Loxocornicullina djafarovi Schneider. Carapace, 2: right lateral view; 3: dorsal view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Figs. 4-5 Euxinocythere (Maeotocytyhere) praebaquana Livental. Carapace, 4: left lateral view; 5: dorsal view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Figs. 6-7 Loxoconcha sp.1. Carapace, 6: external view; 7: dorsal view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17). Figs. 8-9-10 Loxoconcha muelleri Mehes. 8: female carapace in right lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T16). 9: female carapace in ventral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17); 10: male carapace in right lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17). Fig. 11 Amnicythere cf. accicularia Olteanu, Bonaduce and Sgarrella. Carapace in right lateral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Figs. 12-13 Amnicythere propinqua Livental and Gliozzi. Carapace, 12: male carapace in left lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17) ; 13: female carapace in right lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T16). Figs. 14-15 Amnicythere sp. Carapace, 14: left lateral view; 15: dorsal view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T16). Fig. 16-17 Tyrrhenocythere cf. ruggierii Devoto. 16: juvenile right valve in lateral view; 17: juvenile right valve in internal view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T16). Fig. 18 Tyrrhenocythere pontica Livental. Juvenile carapace in right lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17). Figs. 19-20 Cyprideis cf. anlavauxensis Carbonnel.19: male carapace in right lateral view; 20: juvenile left male valve in lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17). Fig. 21 Zalanyiella venusta Zalányi. Carapace in right lateral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Fig. 22 Camptocypria sp. Juvenile carapace in left lateral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 23). Figs. 23-24 Chara cf.? hispida. 23: lateral view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T17); 24: basal view. Oued Tarhia section (sample: T16). Fig. 25 Globorotalia margaritae Bolli & Bermudez. Umbilical view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 30). Fig. 26 Globorotalia puncticulata Deshayes.Umbilical view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 36). Fig. 27 Globorotalia cf. crotonensis Conato & Follador. Umbilical view. Hgaf Tamda section (sample: Ht 17). Figs. 28-29 Ammonia cf. tepida Cushman. 28: umbilical view, 29: spiral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 5). Fig. 30 Elphidium sp. Lateral view. Djebel El Abiod section (sample: Ab 8). Figs. 31-32 Ceratolithus acutus Gartner and Bukry. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 9; fig. 32: Polarized Light). Figs. 33-34 Ceratolithus armatus Müller. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 17; fig. 34: Polarized Light). Fig. 35 Discoaster asymmetricus Gartner. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 34). Fig. 36 Reticulofenestra cisnerosii Lancis and Flores. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 13; Polarized Light). Fig. 37 Reticulofenestra cisnerosii Lancis & Flores. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 10; Polarized Light). Figs. 38-39 Ceratolithus rugosus Bukry and Bramlette. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 17; fig. 39: Polarized Light). Fig. 40 Discoaster tamalis Kamptner. Sidi Brahim Telegraph section (sample 40).

Microfossiles du Messinien terminal au Plaisancien de la série du massif du Dahra.