Tafaraoui Reef, Oran: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus unicolor (Leske 1778)
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
? Psammechinus sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus cf. dujardini Deshayes 1845
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus cf. cruciatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidea sp. Turton 1819
Jouannetia tournoueri Locard 1877
recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes basteroti Mayer 1857
recombined as Venerupis basteroti
Venus multilamella Lamarck 1818
recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia decussata (Costa 1829)
recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata
Linga columbella (Lamarck 1818)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
Glans intermedia (Brocchi 1814)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830
Chlamys linguafelis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara turonica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Actaea calzadai Muller 1984
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. crenulata (Goldfuss 1826)
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 0.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 0.7° 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 3580
Database number:70882
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-11 01:38:00 Last modified:2007-07-20 06:21:04
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-11 01:38:00
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]