El Kef, El-Kef-II-6-8 (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 57228: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005
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Foraminifera | |
Pseudoguembelina kempensis, Pseudoguembelina costulata, Pseudoguembelina palpebra, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria irregularis, Guembelitria danica, Guembelitria cretacea, Heterohelix cf. punctulata, Heterohelix complanata, Heterohelix globulosa, Heterohelix navarroensis
Pseudoguembelina kempensis Esker 1968
Pseudoguembelina costulata Cushman 1938
Pseudoguembelina palpebra Bronnimann and Brown 1953
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Heterohelix cf. punctulata Ehrenberg 1843
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951 | |
Globotruncana arca Cushman 1926 | |
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960 | |
Hedbergella monmouthensis Olsson 1960 |