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
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 13952: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 06.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Globularia michelini snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Trigonastarte sp. Bigot 1885 clam | |
Discomiltha lirata clam | |
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam | |
Pholadomya kachchhensis, "Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
"Bucardiomya lirata" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) clam | |
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam | |
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri
"Myoconcha rathieriana" = Myoconcha rathieri d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
Tendagurium propebanneianum Dietrich 1933 cockle | |
Musculus somaliensis Cox 1935 mussel | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Acesta spectabilis file clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula" ("") indet. Müller 1776 |