Where: Tunisia (34.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bahloul Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; yellow, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Abdallah and C. Meister. 1997. The Cenomanian – Turonian boundary in the Gafsa-Chott area (southern part of central Tunisia): biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 18:197-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161143: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Fagesia sp. Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite
Neoptychites ex gr. cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite | |
Thomasites rollandi, "Choffaticeras luciae" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae
Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
"Choffaticeras luciae" = Choffaticeras (Leoniceras) luciae Pervinquière 1907 ammonite | |
Hoplitoides ex gr. wohltmanni von Koenen 1897 ammonite | |
Florideophyceae | |
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891 |