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: <i>Imitoceras altilobatum</i> n. sp., <i>Triimitoceras amplisellatum</i> n. sp., <i>Kazakhstania inequalis</i> n. sp., <i>Acrocanites imperfectus</i> n. sp., <i>Xinjiangites scalaris</i> n. sp., and <i>Becanites canalifer</i> n. sp. from the North African <i>Kazakhstania-Acrocanites</i> Assemblage as well as <i>Acrocanites recurvus</i> n. sp., <i>Becanites singularis</i> n. sp., and <i>Becanites inflateralis</i> n. sp. from the <i>Pericyclus-Progoniatites</i> Assemblage. The first of these is one of the most diverse ammonoid faunas known from this time interval. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmng.200900009" target="_blank">10.1002/mmng.200900009</a>

Twenty-seven ammonoid species are described from the Argiles de Timimoun of Timimoun (Gourara, Algeria). The following taxa are newly described: <i>Rhnetites</i> n. gen., <i>Rhnetites rhnetensis</i> n. sp., <i>Rhnetites ouladallalensis</i> n. sp., <i>Parahammatocyclus mutaris</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras nitens</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras subangulare</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras politum</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras aridum</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras zuhara</i> n. sp., <i>Bollandoceras mirrih</i> n. sp., <i>Benimehlalites</i> n. gen., <i>Benimehlalites benimehlalensis</i> n. sp., <i>Benimehlalites belkassemensis</i> n. sp., <i>Benimehlalites brinkmanni</i> n. sp., <i>Pachybollandoceras</i> n. gen., <i>Pachybollandoceras intraevolutum</i> n. sp., <i>Pachybollandoceras repens</i> n. sp., Bollanditinae n. subfam., <i>Gourarites</i> n. gen., <i>Gourarites hagaraswad</i> n. sp., <i>Gourarites hagarkarim</i> n. sp., <i>Gourarites mustari</i> n. sp., <i>Gourarites zuhal</i> n. sp., <i>Semibollandites</i> n. gen., <i>Semibollandites kamil</i> n. sp., <i>Semibollandites pauculus</i> n. sp., <i>Semibollandites qawiy</i> n. sp., <i>Timimounia</i> n. gen., <i>Timimounia timimounensis</i> n. sp., <i>Timimounia lunula</i> n. sp., Daaitidae n. fam., <i>Daaites</i> n. gen., <i>Daaites daaensis</i> n. sp., <i>Dimorphoceras lanceolobatum</i> n. sp., <i>Nomismoceras salim</i> n. sp., and <i>Nomismoceras waltoni</i> n. sp. The species occur in three successive horizons and can be attributed to the <i>Bollandites-Bollandoceras</i> Genus Zone (Early and Middle Viséan). They represent the most diverse ammonoid fauna known from this time interval. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmng.200900013" target="_blank">10.1002/mmng.200900013</a>

Three succeeding assemblages of Early Tournaisian (Mississippian) ammonoids are described from Fezzou (Ma'der

The Hassi Nebech area of the SE Tafilalt (Tafilalt Basin, Anti-Atlas, Morocco) yielded the richest and most diverse late Givetian ammonoid fauna on a global scale. Above the distinctive regional "Lower Marker Bed" (<i>Synpharciceras clavilobum</i> Zone), abundant loosely collected limonitic specimens derive from hypoxic shales of the <i>Taouzites taouzensis</i> to <i>Petteroceras errans</i> zones. The ontogenetic morphometry and intraspecific variability of a total of 30 species representing five families, the Acanthoclymeniidae, Taouzitidae, Pharciceratidae, Petteroceratidae, and Tornoceratidae, are documented. New taxa are: <i>Pseudoprobeloceras praecox</i> n. sp., <i>Scaturites minutus</i> n. gen. n. sp., <i>Darkaoceras velox</i> n. sp., <i>Pharciceras decoratum</i> n. sp., <i>Ph. fornix</i> n. sp., <i>Ph. subconstans</i> n. sp., <i>Ph. involutum</i> n. sp., <i>Lunupharciceras incisum</i> n. sp., <i>Transpharciceras procedens</i> n. gen. n. sp., <i>Stenopharciceras progressum</i> n. sp., <i>Pluripharciceras</i> n. gen. (type species: <i>Synpharciceras plurilobatum</i> Petter, 1959), <i>Plu. orbis</i> n. sp., <i>Synpharciceras frequens</i> n. sp., <i>Lobotornoceras bensaidi</i> n. sp., <i>Nebechoceras eccentricum</i> n. gen. n. sp., and <i>Phoenixites lenticulus</i> n. sp. The documentation of conch and particularly suture ontogeny and intraspecific variability necessitates a revised diagnosis for ten taxa. <i>Manticoceras pontiformis</i> Termier & Termier, 1950, <i>Probeloceras costulatum</i> Petter, 1959, and <i>Pseudoprobeloceras nebechense</i> Bensaïd, 1974 are regarded as subjective junior synonyms of <i>Ps. pernai</i> (Wedekind, 1918). <i>Sandbergeroceras acutum</i> Termier & Termier, 1950 is a subjective synonym of <i>Taouzites taouzensis</i> (Termier & Termier, 1950). <i>Pharciceras applanatum</i> Bensaïd, 1974 is transferred to <i>Extropharciceras</i>. Other forms (<i>Ph</i>. aff. <i>tridens</i>, <i>Ph</i>. cf. <i>subconstans</i> n. sp., <i>Extropharciceras</i> n. sp. 2, <i>Ex</i>. cf. <i>arenicum</i>, <i>Ex</i>. cf. <i>applanatum</i>, <i>Synpharciceras</i> sp., <i>Plu</i>. cf. <i>plurilobatum</i>) are described in open nomenclature. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmng.201300001" target="_blank">10.1002/mmng.201300001</a>

A small ammonoid fauna, of probable middle Early Tournaisian age, is described from the Gara el Kahla near Timimoun, Gourara, Algerian Sahara. The following taxa are described: <i>Acutimitoceras algeriense</i> n. sp., <i>Acutimitoceras sinulobatum</i> n. sp., <i>Acutimitoceras</i> sp. A, <i>Hasselbachia gourara</i> n. sp., <i>Gattendorfia jacquelinae</i> n. sp., <i>Gattendorfia</i> cf. <i>crassa</i> Schmidt. 1924, <i>Kahlacanites</i> n. gen., <i>Kahlacanites meyendorfi</i> n. sp., <i>Kahlacanites mariae</i> n. sp., and <i>Kahlacanites timimounensis</i> n. sp. <br><br> Eine kleine Ammonoideenfauna mit wahrscheinlich mittlerem Untertournai-Alter von der Gara el Kahla bei Timimoun (Gourara, Algerische Sahara) wird untersucht. Die folgenden Taxa warden beschrieben: <i>Acutimitoceras algeriense</i> n. sp., <i>Acutimitoceras sinulobatum</i> n. sp., <i>Acutimitoceras</i> sp. A, <i>Hasselbachia gourara</i> n. sp., <i>Gattendorfia jacquelinae</i> n. sp., <i>Gattendorfia</i> cf. <i>crassa</i> Schmidt, 1924, <i>Kahlacanites</i> n. gen., <i>Kahlacanites meyendorffi</i> n. sp., <i>Kahlacanites mariae</i> n. sp. und <i>Kahlacanites timimounensis</i> n. sp. <br><br> doi:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmng.20040070107" target="_blank">10.1002/mmng.20040070107</a>