Also known as Reef 669
Where: Morocco (35.3° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 3.2° 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 reef rocks and lithified packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Saint Martin and J. J. Cornee. 1996. The Messinian reef complex of Melilla, northeastern Rif, Morocco. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:227-237 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69860: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Cymbium cf. pepo volute | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Triphoridae indet. Gray 1847 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anadara turonica ark
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lithophaga lithophaga, "Modiola adriatica" = Gibbomodiola adriatica
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiola adriatica" = Gibbomodiola adriatica Lamarck 1819 mussel | |
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam | |
Dosinia exoleta, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Psammechinus sp. sea urchin |