Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Middle Callovian to Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated marl and lithified dolomite
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 13608: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 16.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843 | |
Echinoidea | |
Monodiadema cotteaui sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Tretospira aff. subnodosa periwinkle | |
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Globularia michelini snail
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail
Globularia zemmourensis Cox 1969 snail
Globularia formosa Morris and Lycett 1851 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
Parallelodon azzouzi clam | |
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
Prorokia sp. Böhm 1883 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam | |
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |