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

Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Parapristipoma prohumile1 Arambourg 1927 sweetlips
 Acanthomorphata - Chaetodontidae
"Chaetodon ficheuri" = Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) ficheuri1 Arambourg 1927
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Boops roulei Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Paracalamus doumerguei2 perch-like fish
Paracalamus doumergui Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Pagrus mauritanicus1 Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
Box roulei1 Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Maenidae
Maena dionysii n. sp.1 Arambourg 1927 perch-like fish
 Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophius budegassa Spinola 1807 anglerfish
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes procapriscus2 Arambourg 1927
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
 Spariformes - Centracanthidae
 Acanthomorphata - Caproidae
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber colias Gmelin 1789
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobius xiphurus Arambourg 1927 goby
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros albyi1 Sauvage 1880
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum licatae2 Sauvage 1880 lanternfish
sensu lato
Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish
"Myctophum microsoma" = Lampanyctus microsoma1 Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Myctophum edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi1 Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis sp.2 Cuvier 1816
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardina ? crassa2 Sauvage 1880 herring
Alosa elongata1 Agassiz 1842 herring
Brevoortia sp.1 Gill 1861 herring
Spratelloides lemoinei Arambourg 1927 herring
Spratelloides gracilis2 Temminck and Schlegel 1846 herring
Etrumeus boulei Arambourg 1925 herring