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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Platycoenia turonensis stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea anomala Michelotti 1871 stony coral | |
Vaughanella concinna stony coral | |
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster |