Also known as Reef 3317
Where: Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• 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 36665: 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 | |
"Enallocoenia sp." = Actinastrea
"Enallocoenia sp." = Actinastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Andemantastraea tongoboryensis Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Melikerona parva Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Paramontlivaltia deformis Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
Ampakabastraea tazerdunetensis Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
"Trigerastrea nuda" = Trigerastraea
"Trigerastrea nuda" = Trigerastraea stony coral | |
Cyathophora tuberosa stony coral | |
Cladophyllia tenuis Koby 1889 stony coral | |
Connectastrea grandiflora, "Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis, Bathmosmilia minima, Pseudodiplocoenia soltanensis
Connectastrea grandiflora Beauvais 1966 stony coral
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Bathmosmilia minima stony coral
Pseudodiplocoenia soltanensis stony coral | |
Thamnasteria dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853 stony coral
? Mesomorpha bussoni Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 | |
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929 | |
Septirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
Septirhynchia azaisi Cottreau 1924
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951 | |
"Rhynchonella cf. atla" = Mondegia atla
"Rhynchonella cf. atla" = Mondegia atla Oppel 1863 | |
Rhynchonella pseudoazaisi n. sp. Dubar 1967 |