Also known as Reef 1979
Where: Algeria (35.3° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 1.6° 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 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 70862: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella subarchimedis turret shell | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Conus mercati cone shell | |
Ficus cf. geometra fig shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara turonica ark | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Aequipecten seniensis scallop | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
Linga columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam | |
Lutraria angustior clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle |