Saint Denis du Sig (Miocene of Algeria)
Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Landini and E. Menesini. 1984. Messinian marine fish communities of the Mediterranean Sea. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Serie A 91:279-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma1, Myctophum licatae2, Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum columnae, "Myctophum edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi1
Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish | |
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Bregmaceros albyi1 Sauvage 1880 | |
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Lophius budegassa Spinola 1807 anglerfish | |
Maena dionysii n. sp.1
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Boops roulei Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Paracalamus doumergui Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish | |
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Chilomycterus acanthodes Sauvage 1870 | |
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Balistes procapriscus2 Arambourg 1927 | |
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri1
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri1 Arambourg 1927 | |
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Capros steindachneri1 Kramberger 1882 | |
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Scomber colias Gmelin 1789 | |
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Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Gobius xiphurus Arambourg 1927 goby | |
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Paralepis sp.2 Cuvier 1816
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870 | |
Etrumeus boulei, Sardina ? crassa2, Spratelloides gracilis2, Spratelloides lemoinei, Alosa elongata1, Brevoortia sp.1
Etrumeus boulei Arambourg 1925 herring
Spratelloides lemoinei Arambourg 1927 herring | |