Where: Tunisia (35.0° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 13.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Micracanthoceras microcanthum ammonoid zone, Sidi Kralif Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• Simplisphinctes subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
Collection methods: Repository: probably Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon
Primary reference: R. Enay, M. Boughdiri, and G. Le Hégarat. 1998. Toucasiella gen. nov., Himalayitidae (Ammonitina) nouveau du Tithonien supérieur: origine de Durangites. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 327:471-477 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178264: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Toucasiella gerardi Enay et al. 1998 ammonite |