RHS19, Jebel Rheouis (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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: Sidi Kralif Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• Durangites zone, calpionellid subzone A2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: Repository: Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon

Primary reference: M. Boughdiri, R. Enay, G. Le Hegarat and L. Memmi. 1999. Hegaratites nov. gen.(Ammonitina): Himalayitidae nouveau du Tithonien supérieur de la coupe du Jebel Rhéouis (Axe nord-sud, Tunisie centrale). Précisions stratigraphiques, approche phylétique et signification biogéographique. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 18:105-121 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178458: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Hegaratites burolleti n. sp. Boughdiri et al. 1999 ammonite