m5/9/17 (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, bioturbated, dolomitic, intraclastic grainstone

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 13676: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 18.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Pygurus peretti sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia cf. piettei Fischer 1969 cockle
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia "sp. A" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
described as sp. A
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae