Zaouïa Formation

The Zaouïa Formation, also known as the Zaouïa Schists, is a Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) geologic formation in Algeria. The formation crops out in the Aïssa Mimoun Massif near Zaouïa of Stita at the confluence of Wadi Stita and Wadi Seba at about 5 km northeast of Tizi-Ouzou in the municipality of Makouda, in the Kabylian Mountains of northern Algeria. The type locality is about 29 km away from the Katian outcrops of northern Djurdjura.

Description
The Zaouïa Formation consists of slightly metamorphosed green or grey micaceous mudstones with many intercalated tuff beds.

Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:


 * Blastozoa
 * Lepidocalix pulcher
 * Trilobites
 * Colpocoryphe arago
 * Pharostoma pulchra
 * Hydrozoa
 * Inocaulis gigas
 * Pterobranchia
 * Thallograptus barbieri
 * Dendrograptus sp.
 * ?Airograptus betieri
 * Strophomenata
 * Actinomena orta
 * ?Strophomena barbieri