m5/9/14 (Profil 13; Krechem el Miit): Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Corals indet.
2 individuals
described as Corals indet.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Goniocora indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
5 individuals
described as morphotype Goniocora
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Tretospira aff. subnodosa
49 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta spectabilis
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis (Cox 1935)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
2 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Middle Jurassic
*International age/stage:Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian
Key time interval:Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:67 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13668
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-17 05:40:17 Last modified:2003-02-05 05:10:02
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-17 05:40:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6119. S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]