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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites cf. collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Turritella subarchimedis turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella cf. terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Cymatium affine triton shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia subhelbingi clam
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Chlamys linguafelis, "Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Pecten aduncus, Aequipecten seniensis, Aequipecten opercularis, Spondylus gaederopus
Chlamys linguafelis scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Isognomon maxillatus oyster | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
Linga columbella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam | |
Callista sp., ? Tapes sp., "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Periglypta miocenica
Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam
? Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Periglypta miocenica venus clam | |
Lutraria angustior clam | |
Acanthocardia cf. aculeata Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
? Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
? 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 | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin | |
Radiolus sp. Auctorum sea urchin | |
Brissus cf. unicolor Leske 1778 heart urchin |