Aïn El Bergoug, lower part, Meknes (Miocene of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 3583

Where: Morocco (33.7° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 6.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Tortonien supérieur-messinien

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. E. Hamzaoui. 2005. Le pointement récifal d'Aïn El Bergoug (Agouraï, sud de Méknès, bordure sud du sillon sud rifain, Maroc): un témoin des échanges atlanto-mediterranéens au Miocène. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18(3-4):213-216 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164189: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel