Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 11.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified wackestone and lithified marl
Preservation: cast
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 13516: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 11.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Monodiadema cotteaui sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam |