El Kef, El-Kef-II-(-)25-30 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 7.4° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 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 57238: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Pseudoguembelina palpebra Bronnimann and Brown 1953
Pseudoguembelina hariaensis Nederbragt 1991
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
"Heterohelix glabrans" = Guembelina glabrans Cushman 1938
"Heterohelix punctulata" = Guembelina punctulata Cushman 1938
"Pseudotextularia deformis" = Guembelina striata deformis Kikoine 1948
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
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"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae
"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae Plummer 1931
  - Guembelitriidae
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"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae