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
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
Bivalvia | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chlamys scabriuscula, Chlamys ercolaniana, Pecten benedictus, Pecten bipartitus, Flabellipecten fraterculus, Aequipecten seniensis, Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys scabriuscula scallop
Chlamys ercolaniana scallop
Pecten benedictus scallop
Pecten bipartitus scallop
Flabellipecten fraterculus Sowerby in Smith 1841 scallop
Aequipecten seniensis scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop |