r2/26/4 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

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
  -
Corallia indet.
described as corals indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea indet. Etallon 1859 stony coral
described as morphotype Amphiastrea
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
descibed as sp. E
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927 nautiloid
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951