r2/27/11 (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 packstone

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13866: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 30.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Arcomya sp.
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
described as sp. E
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania "sp. B" Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
described as sp. B
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae