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 lime mudstone
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 13667: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 17.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
Globularia michelini snail | |
Purpuroidea aff. gigas periwinkle | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Actinostreon costatum oyster | |
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935 oyster | |
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam | |
Discomiltha lirata clam |