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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Rostroperna sp. oyster | |
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya), Arcomya sp.
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
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Naricopsina cotwoldensis snail |