El Hmaima 2 (Cretaceous to of Tunisia)

Also known as Bateun el Hmaima

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (33.1° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Douiret Formation, Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Srarfi, M. Ouaja, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and E. Fara. 2004. Position stratigraphique des niveaux à vertébrés du Mésozoïque Sud-Est de la Tunisie [Stratigraphic position of beds with Mesozoic vertebrates from southeastern Tunisia]. Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie 72:5-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175798: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.01.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Machimosaurus sp. marine crocodile
 Testudines -
Pleurodira indet. sideneck turtle
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
teeth and scales
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Priohybodus arambourgi d'Erasmo 1960 elasmobranch
teeth