El Kef, El-Kef-II-40 (Paleocene of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 6.9° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

Primary reference: G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57223: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
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"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960