Bled Ouled Boudjema Reef, Ain Temouchent (Miocene of Algeria)

Also known as Reef 1979

Where: Algeria (35.3° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70863: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella cf. terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatium affine triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
Linga columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam
? Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia cf. aculeata Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
? Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
? Cardita sp., "Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata, "Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata
? Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
  -
Radiolus sp. Auctorum sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus cf. unicolor Leske 1778 heart urchin