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Oum El Assel, Tindouf Province, Algeriai
Regional Level Types
Oum El AsselCommune
Tindouf ProvinceProvince
AlgeriaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
405920
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:405920:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Oum el Assel, Tindouf, Algérie
Italian:
Oum el Assel, provincia di Tindouf, Algeria
Arabic:
أم العسل, تندوف, الجزائر
Berber:
ⵓⵎ ⵍⴻⵄⵙⴻⵍ, ⵜⵉⵏⴷⵓⴼ, ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
Dutch:
Oum El Assel, Tindouf, Algerije
Egyptian Arabic:
ام العسل, الجزاير
Farsi/Persian:
ام عسل, استان تندوف, الجزایر
Kabyle:
Um Leɛsel, Tinduf, Dzayer
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Oum el Assel, Tindouf Séng, Algeria
Portuguese:
Oum El Assel, Tindouf, Argélia
Romanian:
Oum el Assel, Provincia Tindouf, Algeria
Scots:
Oum El Assel, Tindouf Province, Algerie
South Azerbaijani:
ام عسل, تندوف اوستانی, الجزاییر
Vietnamese:
Oum El Assel, Tindouf, Algérie


Oum El Assel (Arabic: أم العسل, lit. mother of the honey) is a town and commune in the district and province of Tindouf, Algeria.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed323 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed339 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Djebel Ouarkziz2330.9 - 323.2 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Lithostrotion vorticale
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Lithostrotionidae : Lithostrotion : Lithostrotion vorticale339.4 - 326.4 Ma
Carboniferous
Dibunophyllum bipartitum
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Aulophyllidae : Dibunophyllum : Dibunophyllum bipartitum330.9 - 323.2 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oum_El_Assel
Wikidata ID:Q2222648


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