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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster | |
Rostroperna sp. oyster | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam |