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: MBT Member (Tahria Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; white 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 168389: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Tellina donacina Linnaeus 1767 tellin clam | |
Pelecyora brocchi venus clam |