El Kef, El-Kef-II-(-)30-40 (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 57239: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
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Abathomphalus mayaroensis, "Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae, "Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis, Plummerita reicheli
"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae Plummer 1931
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960