m5/6/7 (Profil 13; Krechem el Miit) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

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 13614: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 16.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
described as sp. B
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster