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 | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lissochlamys excisa, Flabellipecten flabelliformis, Flabellipecten fraterculus, Pecten benedictus, Aequipecten seniensis, Gigantopecten albinus
Lissochlamys excisa scallop
Flabellipecten flabelliformis scallop
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
Pecten benedictus scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Gigantopecten albinus scallop | |
Neopycnodonta navicularis oyster
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pelecyora brocchi venus clam | |
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834 cockle |