Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 11.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouina Formation, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 155.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated mudstone
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 13517: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 11.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Actinostreon costatum oyster | |
Eonavicula moulyi clam | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmiensis clam | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Tendagurium propebanneianum Dietrich 1933 cockle
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam | |
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Thracia cf. viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Harpagodes aff. thirriae snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
Monodiadema cotteaui sea urchin | |
Hydrozoa | |
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unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 |