Also known as Reef 3317
Where: Tunisia (32.6° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 11.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,
• Collected by M.G. Busson
Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1966. Etude des Madréporaires jurassiques du Sahara tunisien. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrates) 52(2):115-152 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36661: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.02.2004, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Adelocoenia microphyllia" = Adelocoenia compressa, Stylina elegans
"Adelocoenia microphyllia" = Adelocoenia compressa Koby 1881 stony coral
Stylina elegans Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
Cyathophora tuberosa stony coral | |
Pseudisastraea parva stony coral
Melikerona parva Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Isastrea phillipsi stony coral | |
Sakalavastraea collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853 stony coral | |
"Enallocoenia sp." = Actinastrea
"Enallocoenia sp." = Actinastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis, Connectastrea grandiflora
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Connectastrea grandiflora Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella, "Terebratula cf. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
"Terebratula cf. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900 | |
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 |