Also known as Reef 3578
Where: Algeria (35.6° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 1.4° 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 70880: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
? Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Schizechinus sp. Pomel 1869 sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel | |
Anadara turonica ark | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
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Isognomon maxillatus oyster | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Pecten bipartitus, Pecten aduncus, Gigantopecten latissimus, Aequipecten seniensis, Chlamys linguafelis
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten bipartitus scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Chlamys linguafelis scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Glans intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam | |
? Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pelecyora islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle |