Mersat Zouanif Reef, Tlemcen: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Buccella sp.
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides lobatulus
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Protelphidium granosum
Elphidiidae
Elphidium crispum
Elphidium macellum
Elphidium glabratum
Elphidium fichtelianum
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia articulata d'Orbigny 1846
Charentiidae
? Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Dendritina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis melo
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina angularis d'Orbigny 1850
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Sinuloculina consobrina
Reusselidae
Reussella spinulosa
Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina planorbis
Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Bolivinitidae
Virgulopsis sp. Finlay 1939
Bolivinidae
Bolivina apenninica
Rotaliidae
Pararotalia sp.
Ammonia beccarii
Ammonia punctatogranosa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella exbicarinata
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys linguafelis
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
see common names

Geography
Country:Algeria
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° 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,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1980
Database number:70860
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2007-04-10 05:24:57 Last modified:2007-07-20 05:57:03
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-10 05:24:57
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]