Also known as Reef 3252
Where: Morocco (33.7° N, 4.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 4.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Bryozoans very abundant (up to 560 colonies per kg of rock). Those are quantified as follows: very rare - rare - common (present) - abundant - very abundant
Primary reference: P. Moissette and J.-P. Martin. 1995. Bryozoaires des milieux récifaux miocénes du sillon sud-rifain au Maroc. Lethaia 28:271-283 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34724: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Sedentaria | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Acar clathrata miniature ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
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Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Cerithiella exbicarinata snail | |
Rissoina cf. bruguieri Payraudeau 1826 snail | |
Turritella subarchimedis turret shell | |
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Escharina dutertrei, "Scrupocellaria elliptica" = Bactridium ellipticum
Escharina dutertrei Audouin 1828
"Scrupocellaria elliptica" = Bactridium ellipticum Reuss 1848 | |
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Schizotheca fissa Busk 1856
"Sertella cellulosa" = Reteporella cellulosa Linnaeus 1767
Hippoporella pauper Reuss 1874 | |
Turbicellepora sp. Ryland 1963 | |
"Metrarabdotos helveticum" = Trigonopora monilifera helvetica
"Metrarabdotos helveticum" = Trigonopora monilifera helvetica Roger and Buge 1947 | |
Cellaria fistulosa Linnaeus 1758 | |
Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766 | |
"Herentia montenati" = Therenia montenati
"Herentia montenati" = Therenia montenati Pouyet 1976 | |
Smittoidea reticulata, "Porella cervicornis" = Smittina cervicornis
Smittoidea reticulata MacGillivray 1842
"Porella cervicornis" = Smittina cervicornis Pallas 1766 | |
Trypostega venusta Norman 1864 | |
Steginoporella iberica David and Pouyet 1972 | |
Cribrilaria radiata Moll 1803 | |
Escharoides coccinea Abildgaard 1806 | |
Onychocella angulosa Reuss 1848 | |
Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796 | |
"Hippopodinella lata" = Odontoporella
"Hippopodinella lata" = Odontoporella | |
Stenolaemata | |
Hornera frondiculata MacGillivray 1895 | |
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Thecostraca | |
Ceratoconcha oraniensis coral barnacle | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab | |
Ostracoda | |
Mutilus sp. ostracod | |
Xestoleberis cf. reymenti ostracod | |
Loxoconcha sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
? Bairdoppilata sp. ostracod | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiurida indet. Müller and Troschel 1840 brittle star | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
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Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Siderastrea cf. miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |