Scientific Publications

In press (1 paper)

47 Naimi M. N., Salmi-Laouar S., O'Gorman J. P., Nemouchi S. & Degaichia A. (in press). First plesiosaurian (Diapsida; Sauropterygia) remains from Algeria. Historical Biology, xx (xx) : xxxx – xxxx. Link

2026 (3 papers)

46 Bernou S., Kassab T., Bustamante R., Rubiera N. P. & Naimi M. N. (2026). Provenance and characterization of building limestones from the Casbah of Algiers: Implications for the preservation of cultural heritage and quarrying landscapes. Geoheritage, 18 (1) : 21. Link

45 Mahboubi C. Y., López Correa M., Nemra A., Ouali Mehadji A., Naimi M. N. & Munnecke A. (2026). Late Kimmeridgian–? Early Tithonian carbonate platform of the southwestern Tethys margin (central Saharan Atlas; Algeria): microfacies, stable isotopes, and paleogeographic context. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 233 : 105905. Link

44 Mazouzi A., Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2026). Caulostrepsis taeniola and other sclerobionts on Crassostrea gryphoides shells from the Middle Miocene transgressive deposits of the Chellala Mountains (Algeria). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 233 : 105828. Link

2025 (4 papers)

43 Naimi M. N., Vinn O. & Zeghari A. (2025). Macroinvertebrate-hosted sclerobiont assemblage from the Upper Miocene Clypeaster-rich beds of the Djebel Murdjadjo (Oran, northwestern Algeria). Historical Biology, 37 (6) : 1345 – 1354. Link

42 Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y. (2025). Coprolites filling Tubulichnium mediterranensis burrows from the upper Oligocene Sub-Numidian Claystone of Algeria. Alcheringa, 49 (1) : 99 – 110. Link

41 Dahoumane A., Tellal J., Nemra A., Naimi M. N. & Morkovin B. I. (2025). Comment on “Depositional palaeoenvironments in a tide-influenced delta plain with amphibian and Cycadophyta remains – the Triassic Zarzaitine Formation (Algerian eastern Sahara)” S. Mazrou, Y. Lasnami, J. Amer, A. Boutaleb (2024): Geologos 30, 3 (2024): 209–229“. Geologos, 31 (1) : 73 – 81. Link

40 Berrabah A., Cherif A., Naimi M. N., Zeghari A. & Adaci M. (2025). Diverse Chondrites and associated trace fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Oued Fodda Formation at its type locality (Ouarsenis Range, Tell Atlas, Algeria). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 313 (3) : 327 – 340. Link

2024 (9 papers)

39 Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y., Mazouzi A. & Cherif A. (2024). Palaeoenvironment and palaeoecology of the Late Albian – Early Cenomanian theropod-ornithopod ichnoassemblage of the Djebel Azzeddine tracksite, Ouled Nail Mountains, Algeria. Bulletin du Service Géologique de l'Algérie, 33 (1-2) : 41 – 55. Link

38 Naimi M. N., Zeghari A., Mahboubi C. Y. (2024). Miocene bioerosion in a Cretaceous metamorphic basement from the Arzew Mountains (Oran, northwestern Algeria): First evidence of a Tortonian rocky shore in the southwestern Mediterranean area. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 220 : 105462. Link

37 Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y. & Schweigert G. (2024). New occurrences of Bolonia lata Meunier from the Lower–Middle Jurassic of Germany, Algeria and France, with a stratigraphic-palaeoenvironmental review of the ichnogenus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 313 (1) : 83 – 97. Link

36 Naimi M. N., Bouterfa B., Vinn O. & Ghenni R. (2024). Ichnological analysis of the Kheneg el Aatène Formation (Floian-Dapingian) at its type locality (Saoura Valley, Ougarta Range, Southwestern Algeria). Historical Biology, 36 (11) : 2352 – 2365. Link

35 Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y., Vinn O., Cherif A. & Mazouzi A. (2024). Significance of the trace fossil Macaronichnus from the Cenomanian low-latitude nearshore deposits of the Saharan Atlas, Algeria. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 135 (4) : 369 – 376. Link

34 Mahboubi C. Y. & Naimi M. N. (2024). Geosites Inventory and Proposal of Georoutes Throughout El Bayadh Area (Saharan Atlas, Algeria). Geoheritage, 16 (3) : 76. Link

33 Mahboubi C. Y., Naimi M. N., Ouali Mehadji A. & Vinn O. (2024). Depositional environments and carbon isotope excursions of the Middle Oxfordian (Transversarium Zone) sediments in the Central Saharan Atlas, southwestern margin of the Tethys. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 216 : 105304. Link

32 Mahboubi C. Y., Jain S. & Naimi M. N. (2024). First record of Genus Parapatoceras Spath, 1924 from the lower Callovian of Algeria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 310 (3) : 293 – 300. Link

31 Mahboubi C. Y., Naimi M. N., Simmons M. & Bidgood M. (2024). Algal microfacies in the Theniet Et Temar Formation (middle Oxfordian), Central Saharan Atlas, Algeria. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 135 (1) : 78 – 88. Link

2023 (6 papers)

30 Naimi M. N., Cherif A., Benyoucef M. & Mahboubi C. Y. (2023). New dinosaur footprints from the 'mid'-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) series of the Ouled Nail Mounts (Algeria). Revue de Paléobiologie, 42 (2) : 273 – 284. Link

29 Mazouzi A., Cherif A., Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y. & Ziouit K. (2023). Etude lithostratigraphique et sédimentologique du Jurassique supérieur des monts de Chellala (domaine pré-Atlasique, NW Algérie). Revue de Paléobiologie, 42 (2) : 219 – 235. Link

28 Kara Ahmed I., Salmi-Laouar S., Kočová Veselská M., Mikuláš R., Kočí T., Ferré B., Naimi M. N. & Váchová L. (2023). Sclerobiont assemblages on macro-invertebrates from the Cenomanian strata of Djebel Bouarif (Aurès Range, Algeria). Historical Biology, 11 : 2154 – 2165. Link

27 Benzina T., Cherif A., Naimi M. N., Hebib H. & Bensalah M. (2023). Ichnological analysis and depositional setting of late Miocene marginal marine deposits from the Tafna Basin (northwestern Algeria). In: Cónsole-Gonella C., de Valais S, Díaz-Martínez I., Citton P., Verde M. & McIlroy D. Ichnology in Shallow-marine and Transitional Environments ; Geological Society, London Special Publications, 522 : 117 – 139. Link

26 Mahboubi C. Y., Naimi M. N., Ouali Mehadji A., Garah A., Langer M. R. & Limam H. (2023). First evidence of the benthic foraminifera Alveosepta jaccardi from the Oxfordian of the Saharan Atlas (Algeria): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological implications. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 307 (2) : 91 – 100. Link

25 Naimi M. N., Cherif A., Mahboubi C. Y, Bensaci M. B., Mazouzi, A., Benkhedda A. & Laouini H. (2023). Palaeoecological, taphonomic and biosedimentary analysis of Mid-Holocene lacustrine deposits from Ouargla area (Lower Sahara, Southeastern Algeria). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 307 (1) : 65 – 80. Link

2022 (8 papers)

24 Ymmel H., Moulfi-El Houari L., Sadaoui M., Djellit H., Naimi M. N., Bellalem F., Seffari R., Yelles-Chaouche K. & Langer M. R. (2022). Foraminiferal assemblages, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Pliocene deposits from the Western Sahel Kolea area, Northern Algeria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 306 (1) : 37 – 54. Link

23 Cherif A., Naimi M. N. & Belaid M. (2022). Oxfordian plug-shaped trace fossils from northwestern Algeria. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 133 (6) : 518 – 528. Link

22 Naimi M. N., Cherif A., Mahboubi C. Y. & Benyoucef M. (2022). Ichnology of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event in the southern Tethyan margin (Khanguet Grouz section, Ouled Nail Range, Algeria). Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15 : 1150. Link

21 Marred M., Naimi M. N., Djaiz F., Kherchouche A. & Boushaba M. (2022). Gastrochaenolites ornatus Kelly and Bromley and other trace fossils on a Middle Miocene omission surface from the Aures Massif, Algeria. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 133 (3) : 218 – 226. Link

20 Cherif A., Bert D., Belaid M. & Naimi M. N. (2022). Ammonite biostratigraphy for the middle-upper Oxfordian of northwestern Algeria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 305 (3) : 297 – 322. Link

19 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2022). Sidi Safi Messinian coral reef (Tafna Basin, northwestern Algeria). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 111 : 491 – 494. Link

18 Cherif A. & Naimi M. N. (2022). A diverse ichnofauna and its palaeoenvironmental significance from the Upper Jurassic Argiles de Saïda Formation (Northwestern Algeria). Historical Biology, 34 (4) : 624 – 647. Link

17 Benkhedda A., Defaflia N., Cherif A., Benzina M., Kechiched R., Naimi M. N. & Djerrab-Ruault M. (2022). Upper Miocene deposits from El Ma Labiod (Tébessa, Northeastern Algeria): Sedimentology, micropaleontology and paleoenvironmental implications. Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22 (1) : ES1003. Link

2021 (14 papers)

16 Benkhedda A., Defaflia N., Cherif A., Naimi M. N., Mazouz E. H. & Palma-Ramirez A. (2021). Shallow marine trace-fossils from the middle Miocene of the Tebessa basin (NE Algeria) and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 24 (4) : 323 – 335. Link

15 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). Oravaichnium oualimehadjensis, a new possible bivalve repichnion from the Upper Jurassic Argiles de Saïda Formation (middle Oxfordian, Saïda Mounts, NW Algeria). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 302 (2) : 209 – 220. Link

14 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). Sedimentology and ichnology of the mid-Cretaceous succession of Ouled Nail Mounts (Eastern Saharan Atlas, Algeria). Geologia Croatica, 74 (3) : 209 – 223. Link

13 Naimi M. N., Cherif A., Vinn O. & Bendaho D. E. (2021). Polychaete macrobioerosion in the Messinian (Late Miocene) Rhodolith beds of the western Mediterranean. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 301 (3) : 307 – 315. Link

12 Naimi M. N., Vinn O., Cherif A. & Benyoucef M. (2021). Trypanites and associated bivalve borings in an Upper Albian hardground from the Eastern Saharan Atlas (Algeria). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 132 (5) : 529 – 536. Link

11 Naimi M. N., Mahboubi C. Y. & Cherif A. (2021). Lithostratigraphy and evolution of the Lower Cretaceous Basins, in Western Saharan Atlas, Algeria: a comment. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 183 : 104304. Link

10 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). Ichnological analysis of the late Miocene shallow marine diatomaceous deposits of the Lower Chelif basin (northwestern Algeria): paleoenvironmental insights and comparison with deep diatomites. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 180 : 104239. Link

09 Cherif A., Benyoucef M., Naimi M. N., Ferré B., Zeghari A., Frau C. & Berrabah A. (2021). Trace fossils from the Berriasian–Valanginian of the Ouarsenis Range (northwestern Algeria) and their paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 180 : 104219. Link

08 Naimi M. N., Cherif A. & Belaid M. (2021). The trace fossil Cardioichnus planus from the lower Miocene of Algeria: the first record from Africa and a probable endemic tracemaker. Geologia Croatica, 74 (2) : 121 – 126. Link

07 Vinn O., Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). The endobiontic serpulids in corals and other reef associated fauna from the Messinian of Algeria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 300 (2) : 235 – 244. Link

06 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). Inventory and assessment of significant scientific Algerian geoheritage: Case of remarkable geosites from Orania (Western Algeria). International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 9 (1) : 13 – 29. Link

05 Naimi M. N. & Cherif A. (2021). The hottest African thermal spring (Hammam Chellala, Algeria). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 110 (2) : 651 – 652. Link

04 Cherif A., Naimi M. N. & Belaid M. (2021). Deep-sea trace fossils and depositional model from the lower Miocene Tiaret Marl Formation (northwestern Algeria). Journal of African Earth Sciences, 175 : 104115. Link

03 Naimi M. N., Vinn O. & Cherif A. (2021). Bioerosion in Ostrea lamellosa shells from the Messinian of the Tafna basin (NW Algeria). Carnets de Géologie, 21 (5) : 127 – 135. Link

2020 (2 papers)

02 Naimi M. N., Mansour B., Cherif A., Chekkali M. C., Benkhedda A. & Belaid M. (2020). Lithostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements des dépôts messiniens de la terminaison nord-occidentale des monts des Ouled Ali (bassin du Bas Chélif, Algérie nord-occidentale). Revue de Paléobiologie, 39 (2) : 467 – 483. Link

01 Belaid M., Cherif A., Vinn O. & Naimi M. N. (2020). First record of trace fossils from the Oxfordian Argiles rouges de Kheneg Formation (Tiaret, northwestern Algeria). Geologia Croatica, 73 (2) : 85 – 94. Link