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 70881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoneus lorioli sea urchin | |
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar | |
Echinolampas hemisphaerica sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch | |
Conus mercati cone shell | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793 hoof shell | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Turritella vindobonensis turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Isognomon maxillatus oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Aequipecten seniensis scallop | |
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Cardita vindobonensis Sacco 1899 clam | |
? Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Paphia vetula, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam |