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 marl
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 13858: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 30.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
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Echinoidea | |
Pseudocidaris gauthieri sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
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Globularia michelini snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
Discomiltha lirata clam | |
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam | |
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935 clam | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam | |
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Pseudoglossothyris sulcata Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Terebratula" ("") indet. Müller 1776 | |
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951 |