p5/11/7 (Profil 5; Foum Tataouine I, Post Optique): Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis (Cox 1935)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Falcimytilus jurensis
1 individual
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
3 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida
Ostreacea indet. Rafinesque 1815
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Africogryphaea aff. costellata
4 individuals
Liostrea sandalina
4 individuals
Praeexogyra hebridica
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. modeli
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
11 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935
2 individuals
Protocardia intexta (Muenster 1837)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935
1 individual
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
8 individuals
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia cf. viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya kachchhensis
2 individuals
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838
1 individual
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814
4 individuals
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
1 individual
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
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Middle - Late/Upper Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian
Key time interval:Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,intraclastic lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,trace
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:68 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13688
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-19 02:12:24 Last modified:2003-02-05 05:15:11
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-19 02:12:24
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]