m5/9/11 (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 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

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
described as sp. A
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus weiri Cox 1935 oyster
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae