Jebel Touil el Mra (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.7° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oum ed Diab Member (Aïn el Guettar Formation), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

• marginal marine environment

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1995-2005

• All specimens will eventually be stored in the Office National des Mines in Tunis

Primary reference: J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, Y. Laurent, M. Ouaja, C. Souillat, D. Srarfi and H. Tong. 2000. Mesozoic continental vertebrates of Tunisia. In M.-C. Buchy (ed.), 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116298: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.09.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano and Melanie Gagucas

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Neopterygii -
Pycnodontiformes indet.4 Berg 1937
teeth
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.1 Müller 1846
161 centra of vertebrae
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
10 complete oral teeth, including TEM2-3, and 8 fragments, 7 marginal teeth, 18 pharyngeal teeth, one dentigenous bone fragment (TEM4), one complete scale and one scale fragment
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp.4 Agassiz 1834 bowfin
two complete teeth, including TEM5, and two acrodine caps
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet.4 lungfish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Mawsonia sp.4 Mawson and Woodward 1907 coelacanth
Reptilia
 Choristodera -
? Choristodera indet.4 Cope 1876 choristodere
vertebra
 Eosuchia -
Lepidosauromorpha indet.4 Benton 1983 crown diapsid
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.1 Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
five teeth
cf. Bernissartia sp.4 Dollo 1883 crocodilian
Araripesuchus sp.3 Price 1959 crocodilian
one tooth
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet.4 Cope 1887 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidiidae indet.4 Herman 1977 elasmobranch
"nouveau genre"
Diabodus tataouinensis2 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet.4 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
dorsal spine and cephalic spine
Hybodus sp.4 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
teeth
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus sp.4 Brough 1935 elasmobranch
teeth