Les Planteurs (Miocene of Algeria)

Where: Algeria (35.7° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carnevale. 2006. Morphology and biology of the Miocene butterflyfish Chaetodon ficheuri (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146:251-267 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186631: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis crassus Gervais 1852 eagle ray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Cestracion priscus" = Heterodontus
"Cestracion priscus" = Heterodontus bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus gigas Sismonda 1857 sixgill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
"Cestracion zygaena" = Sphyrna zygaena
"Cestracion zygaena" = Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
"Isurus oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Microcentrum melitense Woodward 1887
 Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophius budegassa Spinola 1807 anglerfish
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Orthopristis proronchus n. sp. Arambourg 1927
 Acanthomorphata - Chaetodontidae
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri Arambourg 1927
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish
Dentex barbarus n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Paracalamus doumergui n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Box roulei Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Epinephelus longispinis n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber colias Gmelin 1789
 Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphiorhynchus courcelli n. sp. Arambourg 1927 sword fish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Seriola dallonii n. sp. Arambourg 1927
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma, Myctophum columnae
"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842 herring