Djebel Bent Saidane east, bed 3 (Jurassic of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 11.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Algovianum ammonoid zone, Staa Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• Dark gray crinoidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Service de la Carte Géologiue de Tunisie

Primary reference: M. Rakús and J. Guex. 2002. Les ammonites du jurassique inférieur et moyen de la dorsal tunisienne. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 39:1-149 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170547: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Bettoniceras aff. mortilleti, Bettoniceras sp., Aveyroniceras cf. medolense
Bettoniceras sp. Wiedenmayer 1977 ammonite
Aveyroniceras cf. medolense Hauer 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Arieticeras sp., Protogrammoceras kurrianum
Arieticeras sp. Seguenza 1885 ammonite
Protogrammoceras kurrianum Oppel 1862 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Zaghouanites bettonii
Zaghouanites bettonii Fucini 1920 ammonite