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Hammar Semmoumet Reef, Mascara Province, Algeria

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.4833,-0.2
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Mascara Province, Algeria

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Hammar Semmoumet Reef, MascaraSaint Martin J. P. (1990)"limestone"7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Serpulidae
family
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Actaea calzadai
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Xanthidae : Actaea : Actaea calzadai7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Bryozoa
phylum
Animalia : Bryozoa7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Porites sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Oligophyma sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Toxopneustidae : Oligophyma7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Anadara sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Gastrana fragilis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Gastrana : Gastrana fragilis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Botula fusca
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Botula : Botula fusca7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Neopycnodonte navicularis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Neopycnodonte : Neopycnodonte navicularis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Ostrea edulis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea edulis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Ostrea stentina
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea stentina7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Lima lima
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Lima : Lima lima7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Aequipecten sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Aequipecten7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Chlamys sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Flabellipecten fraterculus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Flabellipecten : Flabellipecten fraterculus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pecten sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Talochlamys pusio
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Talochlamys : Talochlamys pusio7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Spondylus concentricus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus concentricus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Spondylus gaederopus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus gaederopus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Chamidae : Pseudochama : Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Ungulinidae : Diplodonta : Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Conus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Vermetus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae : Vermetus7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Campanilidae : Thericium : Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Melobesioideae
subfamily
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Melobesioideae7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Saint Martin J. P. (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
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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