Also known as Reef 899
Where: Algeria (35.7° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 1.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Saint Martin. 1990. Les formations recifales coralliennes du Miocene superieur d'Algerie et du Maroc [Upper Miocene coral reef formations from Algeria and Morocco]. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, C 56:1-373 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70786: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Malacostraca | |
Lachnopodus murdjadjensis Saint Martin and Muller 1988 stone crab | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Turritella subarchimedis turret shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Cerithiella exbicarinata snail | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Conus cf. vindobonensis cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Columbella cf. fallax" = Pyrene (Atilia) fallax
"Columbella cf. fallax" = Pyrene (Atilia) fallax Hörnes and Auinger 1880 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
Anadara turonica ark | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
? Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Linga columbella
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Linga columbella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Psammechinus sp. sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites aff. calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites aff. lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |