Mersat Zouanif Reef, Tlemcen (Miocene of Algeria)

Also known as Reef 1980

Where: Algeria (35.2° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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 classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 70860: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia articulata d'Orbigny 1846
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
? Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Dendritina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina angularis d'Orbigny 1850
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Reusselidae
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliina - Bolivinitidae
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793 hoof shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin