JBH-A5 Jebel Boulahoujeb, Lansarine Chain (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.8° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Criosarasinella furcillata ammonoid zone, El Mergueb Formation (M' Chergua Group), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous limestone

• The Jebel Boulahouajeb section belongs the Tunisian trough a strongly subsiding basin from the Jurassic to Cretaceous time span. It corresponds to a deep marine palaeoenvironment characterized by pelagic-deep deposits.
• The section JBH-A (50m thick) starts with a metric bed of red sandstone, followed by an alternation of yellowish limestones and gray marls, attributed to the upper Valanginian.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite

Primary reference: S. Melliti, S. Reboulet, N. Ben Haj Ali, M. S. Arfaoui, F. Zargouni and L. Memmi. 2019. Ammonoid and foraminiferal biostratigraphy from uppermost Valanginian to lowermost Barremian of the Jebel Boulahouajeb section (northern Tunisia). Journal of African Earth Sciences 151:438-460 [A. Kocsis/M. Gomez Correa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205371: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa on 13.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) tethys" = Euphylloceras thetys, Phyllopachyceras winkleri
"Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) tethys" = Euphylloceras thetys d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
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Phyllopachyceras winkleri Uhlig 1882 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp.
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Eleniceras sp., Teschenites subflucticulus
Eleniceras sp. Breskovski 1967 ammonite
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Teschenites subflucticulus Reboulet 1996 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Neolissoceras grasianum
Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus sp., Olcostephanus densicostatus
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
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Olcostephanus densicostatus Wegner 1909 ammonite
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