Bled Ouled Boudjema Reef, Ain Temouchent: Messinian, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites cf. collegniana
Michelin 1842
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1950
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Echinoidea
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Radiolus sp.
Auctorum
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invalid subgroup of Echinoidea | |||||||
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris sp.
Leske 1778
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissus cf. unicolor
(Leske 1778)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga lithophaga
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Botula fusca
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia subhelbingi
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Barbatia barbata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata | |||||||
Acar clathrata
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Arca noae
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lamellosa
Brocchi 1814
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synonym of Ostrea edulis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa hyotis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon maxillatus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys pusio
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Talochlamys pusio | |||||||
Pecten aduncus
Eichwald 1830
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Aequipecten seniensis
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Aequipecten opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chlamys linguafelis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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? Cardita sp.
Bruguière 1792
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Cardita calyculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata | |||||||
Cardites antiquatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Cardites antiquata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Linga columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Jouannetia tournoueri
Locard 1877
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recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia cf. aculeata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Gastrana fragilis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tellina planata
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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? Gari sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista sp.
Poli 1791
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? Tapes sp.
Mühlfeld 1811
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Venus multilamella
Lamarck 1818
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recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella | |||||||
Periglypta miocenica
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Lutraria angustior
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis cf. tuberculata
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella subarchimedis
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Turritella cf. terebralis
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus coronatus
Defrance 1827
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recombined as Persististrombus coronatus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis sp.
Mörch 1852
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium affine
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Pyrgomatidae
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Creusia oraniensis
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Algeria |
Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 1.3° 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" |
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: | 70863 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-10 06:32:22 | Last modified: | 2007-07-20 05:58:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-10 06:32:22 |
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] |