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 36666: 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 | |
Paramontlivaltia deformis Beauvais 1966 stony coral | |
Adelocoenia gillieroni stony coral | |
Thamnasteria mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Connectastrea grandiflora, "Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis
Connectastrea grandiflora Beauvais 1966 stony coral
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella pseudoazaisi Dubar 1967 | |
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951
Septirhynchia azaisi Cottreau 1924 | |
Pseudoglossothyris sulcata Muir-Wood 1935 |