Oued Kell reef, Meknes (Miocene of Morocco)

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

• coral reef, up to 10 m thick

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
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea sp." = Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis cf. tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri
"Jouannetia tournoueri" = Jouannetia (Jouannetia) tournoueri Locard 1877 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
 Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia oraniensis coral barnacle
Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin