Also known as Reef 3579
Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.4° 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 70885: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Actaea calzadai Muller 1984 stone crab | |
Gastropoda | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel | |
"Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina, "Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostreola stentina" = Ostrea stentina Payraudeau 1826 oyster
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Flabellipecten fraterculus, "Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Pecten cf. benedictus, Pecten aduncus, Chlamys linguafelis, Aequipecten seniensis, Spondylus concentricus, ? Spondylus gaederopus
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten cf. benedictus scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
Chlamys linguafelis scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
? Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Anadara turonica ark | |
Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Echinoidea | |
Oligophyma aff. oranensis sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Florideophyceae | |
Melobesioideae indet. Bizzozero 1885 |