Les Planteurs (Miocene of Algeria)
Where: Algeria (35.7° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 0.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Carnevale. 2006. Morphology and biology of the Miocene butterflyfish Chaetodon ficheuri (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146:251-267 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186631: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842 herring | |
Microcentrum melitense Woodward 1887 | |
Xiphiorhynchus courcelli n. sp.
Xiphiorhynchus courcelli n. sp. Arambourg 1927 sword fish | |
Caranx (Decapterus) prorusselli Arambourg 1927
Seriola dallonii n. sp. Arambourg 1927 | |
Diplodus jomnitanus Valencienes 1844 | |
Orthopristis proronchus n. sp.
Orthopristis proronchus n. sp. Arambourg 1927 | |
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri Arambourg 1927 | |
Lophius budegassa Spinola 1807 anglerfish | |
Sparus cinctus Agassiz 1843 perch-like fish
Dentex barbarus n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Box roulei Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Paracalamus doumergui n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish | |
Epinephelus longispinis n. sp.
Epinephelus longispinis n. sp. Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish | |
Scomber colias Gmelin 1789 | |
"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma, Myctophum columnae
"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish | |
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Cestracion zygaena" = Sphyrna zygaena
"Cestracion zygaena" = Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark | |
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
"Isurus oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
"Isurus oxyrhynchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Hexanchus gigas Sismonda 1857 sixgill shark | |
"Cestracion priscus" = Heterodontus
"Cestracion priscus" = Heterodontus bullhead shark | |
Myliobatis crassus Gervais 1852 eagle ray |