Sassel Beach section, MJI Fm (Pliocene of Algeria)

Also known as Telegraph of Sidi Brahim

Where: Algeria (35.5° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MJI-lower yellowish marl Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; marl

• lower yellowish marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Unknown collector, probably the author.

Primary reference: L. Satour, A. Lauriat-Rage, L. Belkebir and M. Bessedik. 2013. Biodiversity and taphonomy of bivalve assemblages of the Pliocene of Algeria (Bas Chelif Basin). Arabian Journal of Geosciences 7(12):1-14 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168391: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Not exhaustive, only one taxon listed. Echinoids and many other fossils apparently present.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop