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 wackestone
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 13898: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 02.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Hydrozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail | |
Globularia michelini snail
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail | |
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Tretospira aff. subnodosa periwinkle | |
"Ovactaeonina contodiorum" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
"Ovactaeonina contodiorum" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) snail | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
Discomiltha lirata clam | |
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam | |
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Trigonia pulla clam | |
Palaeonucula menkii nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula" ("") indet. Müller 1776 |