JBH-B202 Jebel Boulahoujeb, Lansarine Chain (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.8° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pseudothurmannia mortilleti ammonoid zone, H5 Member (El Mergueb Formation), Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• The section JBH-B starts after a lateral displacement of 10m to north–west from the top of section JBH-A. About 20m of limestone–marl alternations of the upper Valanginian are exposed at the base of the succession. The Hauterivian is represented by 783m of thickness, including a 65m gap of observation.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous limestone

• The Jebel Boulahouajeb section belongs the Tunisian trough a strongly subsiding basin from the Jurassic to Cretaceous time span. It corresponds to a deep marine palaeoenvironment characterized by pelagic-deep deposits.
• About 20m of limestone–marl alternations of the upper Valanginian are exposed at the base of the succession. The Hauterivian is represented by 783m of thickness, including a 65m gap of observation. The succession is characterized by calcareous bundles that are limestone-dominated intervals (thick calcareous beds and reduction of marl-bed thickness); they are separated by thick marl-dominated intervals. Starting by a sandstone bed (JBH-B3; 3 m, ochre's colour), the lower part of the section JBH-B is composed by two calcareous bundles named H1 (JBH-B5 to B20; 34 m)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite

Primary reference: S. Melliti, S. Reboulet, N. Ben Haj Ali, M. S. Arfaoui, F. Zargouni and L. Memmi. 2019. Ammonoid and foraminiferal biostratigraphy from uppermost Valanginian to lowermost Barremian of the Jebel Boulahouajeb section (northern Tunisia). Journal of African Earth Sciences 151:438-460 [A. Kocsis/M. Gomez Correa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205707: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa on 18.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceratidae indet.
Phylloceratidae indet. Zittel 1884 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Plesiospitidiscus sp.
Plesiospitidiscus sp. ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp., Lytoceras subfimbriatum
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
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Lytoceras subfimbriatum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
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 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Sornayites sp., Pseudothurmannia sp., Pseudothurmannia mortilleti, Pseudothurmannia pseudomalbosi
Sornayites sp. Wiedmann 1962 ammonite
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Pseudothurmannia sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
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Pseudothurmannia mortilleti Pictet and de Loriol 1858 ammonite
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Pseudothurmannia pseudomalbosi Sarasin and Schöndelmayer 1901 ammonite
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