Bled Ouled Boudjema Reef, Ain Temouchent: Messinian, Algeria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. collegniana Michelin 1842
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950
Echinoidea
Radiolus sp. Auctorum
invalid subgroup of Echinoidea
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus cf. unicolor (Leske 1778)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia subhelbingi
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Acar clathrata
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi 1814
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon maxillatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830
Aequipecten seniensis
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Chlamys linguafelis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
? Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardites antiquata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga columbella (Lamarck 1818)
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia tournoueri Locard 1877
recombined as Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia cf. aculeata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus 1758)
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
? Gari sp. Schumacher 1817
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista sp. Poli 1791
? Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811
Venus multilamella Lamarck 1818
recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Periglypta miocenica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria angustior
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subarchimedis
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Turritella cf. terebralis Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus coronatus Defrance 1827
recombined as Persististrombus coronatus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium affine
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

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"
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:70863
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-10 06:32:22 Last modified:2007-07-20 05:58:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-10 06:32:22
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]