Also known as Telegraph of Sidi Brahim
Where: Relizane, Algeria (36.0° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 0.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MSS Member (Slama Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; unlithified, blue, sandy marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Unknown collector, probably the author.
Primary reference: L. Satour, A. Lauriat-Rage, L. Belkebir and M. Bessedik. 2013. Biodiversity and taphonomy of bivalve assemblages of the Pliocene of Algeria (Bas Chelif Basin). Arabian Journal of Geosciences 7(12):1-14 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 168387: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gigantopecten albinus, Flabellipecten flabelliformis, Flabellipecten fraterculus, Aequipecten seniensis, Pecten benedictus, Lissochlamys excisa
Gigantopecten albinus scallop
Flabellipecten flabelliformis scallop
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Pecten benedictus scallop
Lissochlamys excisa scallop | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
Neopycnodonta navicularis oyster | |
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834 cockle | |
Pelecyora brocchi venus clam |