Djebel Chott, coral reef, Dahra (Miocene to of Algeria)

Also known as Reef 668

Where: Algeria (36.1° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral patch reefs in a sandy-conglomeratic sequence

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Belkebir, B. Mansour, M. Bessedik, J. P. Saint Martin, M. Belarbi and C. Chaix. 1994. Presence d'une construction recifale corallienne a Djebel Chott (Dahra occidental, Algerie): temoin du maximum transgressif du Miocene moyen en Mediterranee [The coral reef of Djebel Chott (western Dahra, Algeria): evidence of the maximum Middle Miocene transgression in the Mediterranean]. Geologie Mediterraneenne 21(1-2):1-7 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70619: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea anomala Michelotti 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster