Also known as Reef 3583
Where: Morocco (33.7° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 5.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Late Tortonian or Early Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Saint Martin. 1990. Les formations recifales coralliennes du Miocene superieur d'Algerie et du Maroc [Upper Miocene coral reef formations from Algeria and Morocco]. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, C 56:1-373 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70890: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Periglypta miocenica venus clam | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod | |
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin |