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 178459: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hegaratites sp. Boughdiri et al. 1999 ammonite
Hegaratites rheouisensis n. gen. n. sp. Boughdiri et al. 1999 ammonite
Durangites vulgaris Burckhardt 1912 ammonite |