Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, bioturbated, dolomitic wackestone
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 13786: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 27.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Paracenoceras sp. Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea devoidyi snail | |
Globularia michelini snail
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail | |
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Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
Trigonia pulla clam | |
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Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935 clam | |
Tendagurium propebanneianum Dietrich 1933 cockle
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle |