BOA.4, Bir Oum Ali North (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (34.1° N, 9.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 22.8° N, 24.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Prolyelliceras gevreyi ammonoid zone, Zebbag Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• "Knemiceras beds" of the Zebbag Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: ISTerre, Université of Grenoble Alpes, ex Institut Dolomieu collections (UJF-ID)

Primary reference: J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard. 2023. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy of the upper Aptian-lower Albian ammonites of the Chott area, southern Central Tunisia. Cretaceous Research 154(105731) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232804: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.12.2023

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Knemiceras lanceolatum Latil and Jaillard 2023 ammonite