r3/1/11 (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 marl

Preservation: cast, recrystallized

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 13871: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 30.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
described as dendroid Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
described as spherical Hydrozoa
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
""Terebratula" ("") cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
""Terebratula" ("") cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum, "Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933 cockle
described as sp. A
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia "sp. A" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
described as sp. A
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail
Naricopsina cotwoldensis snail
[entered as Nericopsina cotwoldensis]
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Ovactaeonina contodiorium" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
"Ovactaeonina contodiorium" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
described as sp. A
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae