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 13904: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 02.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pseudocidaris gauthieri sea urchin | |
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863 pencil urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Globularia michelini snail | |
Purpuroidea aff. gigas periwinkle | |
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Protocardia grandidieri cockle | |
Discomiltha lirata clam | |
Arcomytilus laitmairensis, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster | |
Rostroperna sp. oyster | |
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
Parallelodon azzouzi clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Rhynchonella djeffarae Dubar 1967 | |
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 | |
"Terebratula cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Terebratula cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918 | |
Anthozoa | |
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