Where: Tunisia (34.2° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gattar Member (Zebbag Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; 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 161150: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Thomasites cf. rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
Choffaticeras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite |