Sebaa Chioukh Hills Reef, Tlemcen: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus sp.
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae
Schizechinus duciei
Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida
Arbacina sp. Pomel 1869
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subarchimedis
Turritella cf. terebralis Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella cf. exbicarinata
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium affine
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella cf. fallax Hörnes and Auinger 1880
recombined as Pyrene (Atilia) fallax
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. mercati
Conus vindobonensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus coronatus Defrance 1827
recombined as Persististrombus coronatus
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Turritella unicarinata Quenstedt 1856
recombined as Clathrobaculus humberti
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus cf. cruciatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina sp. Monterasato 1884
spelled with current rank as Retusa (Cylichnina)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita emiliana
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia tournoueri Locard 1877
recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pelecyora islandicoides (Lamarck 1818)
Venus multilamella Lamarck 1818
recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus 1758)
Lajonkairia rupestris
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Plagiocardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830
Chlamys linguafelis
Aequipecten seniensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi 1792)
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi 1814
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau 1826)
original and current combination Ostrea stentina
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca lactea
Barbatia subhelbingi
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca cf. neapolitana
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Lichenopora cf. grignonensis
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia cf. sarniensis
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Tubulipora sp. Lamarck 1816
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Diaperoecia major
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Schismoporella aculifera (Canu and Lecointre 1928)
original and current combination Schizomavella aculifera
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella ciliata (Pallas 1766)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Myriaporidae
Myriapora truncata (Pallas 1766)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella longirostris (Hincks 1886)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina costazi
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Schizotheca fissa (Busk 1856)
Umbonula monoceros (Reuss 1848)
recombined as Rhynchozoon monoceros
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Calpensia nobilis (Esper 1796)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Cribrilaria radiata (Moll 1803)
Figularia figularis (Johnston 1847)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
Antropora sp. Norman 1903
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Aplousina bobiesi (David and Pouyet 1974)
recombined as Crassimarginatella bobiesi
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina vulgaris (Moll 1803)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromia neogenica Müller 1978
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus perforatus
Balanus amphitrite Darwin 1854
Balanus concavus Bronn 1831
recombined as Concavus concavus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastraea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
original and current combination Acanthastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea cf. reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea crenulata (Goldfuss 1826)
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 1.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Several elliptical reef bodies, each approximately a kilometer in length and encased in argillaceous lime mudstones. Each step of reef building is represented by a tabular fringing reef with poor, but some, internal zonation. The whole sequence is about 50 m thick.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1979
Database number:69864
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-08 06:38:33 Last modified:2007-03-08 08:38:34
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-08 06:38:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23442. J.-P. Saint Martin. 1996. Messinian coral reefs of western Orania, Algeria. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:239-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]