El Kef, El-Kef-I-50-55 (Paleocene of Tunisia)
Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 6.9° E)
When: El Haria Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl
Primary reference: G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57408: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Foraminifera | |
Guembelitria danica, Guembelitria irregularis, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea, Pseudoguembelina costulata, Heterohelix complanata, Heterohelix dentata, Heterohelix globulosa, Heterohelix navarroensis, Heterohelix striata
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Pseudoguembelina costulata Cushman 1938
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix striata Ehrenberg 1840 | |
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960 | |
Hedbergella holmdelensis Olsson 1964 |