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