Bled es Safah patch reef, Ain Temouchent: Messinian, Algeria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella subarchimedis
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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 mercati
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus cf. geometra
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula fusca
(Gmelin 1791)
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Lithophaga lithophaga
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten seniensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lamellosa
Brocchi 1814
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| synonym of Ostrea edulis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara turonica
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Lutraria angustior
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Jouannetia tournoueri
Locard 1877
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| recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Codakia decussata
(Costa 1829)
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| recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata | |||||||
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Linga columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Pyrgomatidae
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Creusia oraniensis
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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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Geography
| Country: | Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 1.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 1.6° 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" |
| Lithology description: coral patch reef | |
| 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 1979 | ||
| Database number: | 70862 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-10 06:05:40 | Last modified: | 2007-07-20 05:58:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-10 06:05:40 |
| 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] |