Reef complex NW of Melilla, Trois Furches Peninsula: Messinian, Morocco

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus sp.
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella cf. exbicarinata
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Cymbium cf. pepo
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus multilamella Lamarck 1818
recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia decussata (Costa 1829)
recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Modiola adriatica Lamarck 1819
recombined as Gibbomodiola adriatica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Aequipecten seniensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Anadara turonica
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris bimaculata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:Morocco
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 3.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Lithology description: Porites boundstones and Halimeda or red algae mixed skeletal packstones/grainstones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 669
Database number:69860
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-08 05:57:06 Last modified:2007-03-08 07:57:06
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-08 05:57:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23440. J.-P. Saint Martin and J. J. Cornee. 1996. The Messinian reef complex of Melilla, northeastern Rif, Morocco. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:227-237 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]