Also known as Reef 1979
Where: Algeria (35.3° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 1.4° 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 classes: macrofossils, microfossils
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 70879: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Psammechinus subrugosus sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail | |
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793 hoof shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Columbella cf. fallax" = Pyrene (Atilia) fallax
"Columbella cf. fallax" = Pyrene (Atilia) fallax Hörnes and Auinger 1880 snail | |
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus cf. dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell | |
Cymbium sp. volute | |
Cymatium affine triton shell | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Chlamys linguafelis, "Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio
Chlamys linguafelis scallop
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Acar clathrata
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Dosinia exoleta, "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Ostracoda | |
Urocythereis sp. ostracod
Mutilus sp. ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Malacostraca | |
cf. Anapagurus sp. Henderson 1886 hermit crab | |
? Upogebia sp. Leach 1814 mud shrimp | |
Thecostraca | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Porites aff. collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Globothalamea | |
Nonion sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Rosalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Polymorphinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
Asterigerina carinata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Ammonia sp. Bruennich 1772 | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |