Djebel Skouna Reef, Tlemcen (Miocene of Algeria)

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

• coral reef, 7-8 m thick

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mercati cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam