Also known as Reef 3582
Where: Morocco (35.0° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 2.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
Palaeoplesiastraea sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Porites aff. lobatosepta Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Porites cf. calabricae Chevalier 1961 stony coral | |
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Isognomon maxillatus oyster | |
Chlamys seniensis scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Cardita vindobonensis Sacco 1899 clam | |
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825 sea urchin | |
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar | |
Schizechinus sp. Pomel 1869 sea urchin |