r3/2/2 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Dacryomya acuta
8 individuals
original and current combination Nuculana (Dacryomya)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon gardeti
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pulla
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis (Sharpe 1850)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
7 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
15 individuals
described as sp. B
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.3° 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 - Middle Oxfordian
Key time interval:Callovian - 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:current ripples,bioturbation lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,trace,coalified
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:38 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: plants are reported to be be present but not described in the publication
Metadata
Database number:13870
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-30 04:37:07 Last modified:2003-04-09 17:28:44
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-30 04:37:07
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]