r3/2/3 (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 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
  -
Corals indet.
described as corals indet.
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
described as dendroid Hydrozoa
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia coxi Stefanini 1939 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
described as sp. A
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Ovactaeonina contodiorum" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
"Ovactaeonina contodiorum" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933 cockle
described as sp. A
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae