Djebel Skouna Reef, Tlemcen: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mercati
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten seniensis
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Acar clathrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus multilamella Lamarck 1818
recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. crenulata (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastraea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
original and current combination Acanthastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° 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: coral reef, 7-8 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:70861
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-10 05:45:35 Last modified:2007-07-20 05:55:43
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-10 05:45:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23727. 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]