Also known as Reef 3580
Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.7° 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 70882: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Brissus unicolor Leske 1778 heart urchin | |
? Psammechinus sp. sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Clanculus cf. cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus cf. dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel | |
Chlamys linguafelis scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Anadara turonica ark | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Dosinia exoleta, "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri, Pholadidea sp.
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam
Pholadidea sp. Turton 1819 clam | |
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Linga columbella
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Linga columbella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata, Glans intermedia
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Glans intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Actaea calzadai Muller 1984 stone crab | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea cf. crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |