Boudinar Basin (Miocene of Morocco)

Also known as Reef 3581

Where: Morocco (35.2° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 3.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• coral lenses and bioherms

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 70888: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylidae indet. Gray 1826 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral