g4/25/1a (Profil 2; Ghomrassen) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tataouine Formation, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal grainstone and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13504: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 10.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam