Souk el Khemis Reef, Traras Margin, Tlemcen: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae
Schizechinus sp. Pomel 1869
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiuridae indet. Lyman 1865
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca cf. neapolitana
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Buffonellodidae
Buffonellodes insica
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Scrupocellaria elliptica (Reuss 1848)
original and current combination Bactridium ellipticum
Escharina vulgaris (Moll 1803)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Collarina sp.
Cribrilaria radiata (Moll 1803)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Hippopleurifera sulcimargo
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Hippodiplosia linearis
synonym of Smittina (Reussia)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Tremogasterina catenularia
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Aplousina bobiesi (David and Pouyet 1974)
recombined as Crassimarginatella bobiesi
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
Antropora sp. Norman 1903
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella angulosa (Reuss 1848)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Calpensia nobilis (Esper 1796)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cryptosulidae
Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll 1803)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella longirostris (Hincks 1886)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella ciliata (Pallas 1766)
Calloporina decorata (Reuss 1848)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Schizomavella aculifera Canu and Lecointre 1928
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Chorizoporidae
Chorizopora brongniarti
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Umbonula monoceros (Reuss 1848)
recombined as Rhynchozoon monoceros
Schizotheca fissa (Busk 1856)
Sertella cellulosa (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Reteporella cellulosa
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina costazi
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia patina
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Diaperoecia major
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Lichenopora cf. echinulata
Lichenopora cf. grignonensis
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus cf. cruciatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella cf. exbicarinata
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus coronatus Defrance 1827
recombined as Persististrombus coronatus
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Gregariella aff. neuvillei
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys linguafelis
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Aequipecten seniensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau 1826)
original and current combination Ostrea stentina
Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi 1814
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca lactea
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Acar clathrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia tournoueri Locard 1877
recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromia neogenica Müller 1978
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastraea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
original and current combination Acanthastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961
    = Plesiastraea (Palaeoplesiastraea) desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Chaix and Saint Martin 2008
recombined as Solenastrea desmoulinsi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Favites sp. Link 1807
Tarbellastraea cf. reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 1.8° 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 "limestone"
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 1980
Database number:70785
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-05 02:31:29 Last modified:2007-04-05 06:07:44
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-05 02:31:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23727. 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]

Secondary references:

27691 C. Chaix and J.-P. Saint Martin. 2008. Les faunes de scléractiniaires hermatypiques dans les plates-formes carbonatées méditerranéennes au Miocène supérieur. Geodiversitas 30(1):181-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
23442 J.-P. Saint Martin. 1996. Messinian coral reefs of western Orania, Algeria. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:239-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]