Sarhli Member (Cartennian Group), Camp des Turcs, Algeria - Anderson (1936): Late/Upper Miocene, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Clypeaster sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea crassissima
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| Listed as Ostrea crassissima var. cartenniensis | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | Algeria | State/province: | Relizane |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 0.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 0.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cartennian | Member: | Sarhli | ||
| Local section: | Camp des Turcs | ||||
| Regional section: | Relizane | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A coarse basal division of the Cartennian Group. The member reaches a thickness of 220 m. Is is in the lowest Miocene. The formation is conformably overlain by the Anasseur beds. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Yellow sandstone and sandy clay lenses intercalated ear the base of the formation in coarse reddish conglomerate composed of poorly sorted boulders and rock fragments. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: Siliciclastic. No paleoenvironmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Unknown collector, probably the author. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Representative list. Includes mollusca, echinoids and barnacles | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42821 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-05 14:57:13 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-05 14:57:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11375. | R. V. Anderson. 1936. Geology of the Coastal Atlas of western Algeria. Geological Society of America Memoir 4:1-484 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila] |