Also known as Reef 3579
Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.5° 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 limestone
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 70884: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Psammechinus sp. sea urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Cymatium affine triton shell | |
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
? Helicidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 slug | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Pennant 1777 tellin clam | |
Acanthocardia cf. aculeata Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle | |
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Loripes lacteus
"Codakia decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Loripes lacteus Deshayes 1850 clam | |
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata
"Cardites antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Aequipecten ? seniensis
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten ? seniensis scallop | |
Ostrea sp., "Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Anadara turonica ark | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |