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)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated mudstone
Preservation: cast, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
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 13519: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 11.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
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Anthozoa | |
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unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Bivalvia | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
Actinostreon costatum, "Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
Actinostreon costatum oyster
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Spondylopecten palinurus d'Orbigny 1850 scallop | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
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Globularia michelini snail
Naricopsina cotwoldensis snail |