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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Hedbergella monmouthensis Olsson 1960 | |
Guembelitria irregularis, Guembelitria danica, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea, Pseudoguembelina costulata, Heterohelix dentata, Heterohelix navarroensis
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Pseudoguembelina costulata Cushman 1938
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951 | |
Globoconusa conusa, Eoglobigerina fringa, Eoglobigerina simplicissima, "Eoglobigerina edita" = Globigerina edita
"Eoglobigerina edita" = Globigerina edita Subbotina 1953 | |
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960 |