Wadi Berda section, Gattar Fm, G2 unit, upper part (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

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)

• formation-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 161151: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites aff. yokoyamai Tokunga and Shimizu 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Neoptychites ex gr. cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Hoplitoides aff. ingens von Koenen 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Thomasites sp. Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite
Thomasites rollandi Peron 1890 ammonite
"Choffaticeras ex gr. pavillieri" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) pavillieri Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite