Also known as Reef 1979
Where: Algeria (35.3° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Saint Martin. 1990. Les formations recifales coralliennes du Miocene superieur d'Algerie et du Maroc [Upper Miocene coral reef formations from Algeria and Morocco]. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, C 56:1-373 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70861: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Siderastrea cf. crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus mercati cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Acar clathrata
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Aequipecten seniensis
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam |