El Kef, El-Kef-13.5 (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; marl

Primary reference: L. Li, G. Keller and W. Stinnesbeck. 1999. The Late Campian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic formainifera. Cretaceous Research 20:231-252 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57323: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia jarvisi
 Rotaliina - Globorotalitidae
Globorotalites tappanae
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina aspera, Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina cushmani, Praebulimina reussi, Praebulimina trochoides
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi, Nuttallides apera
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina delicata
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Neoflabellina jarvisi, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Saracenaria navicula
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina alternata, Dentalina basiplanata, Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina stephensoni, Dentalina legumen, Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Pseudonodosaria obesa
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina lacrima, Pyrulina sp., Guttulina cuspidata
Pyrulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Foraminifera
  -
Pyramidina triangularis
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia esnaensis
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
Arenobulimina sp.
Arenobulimina sp. Cushman 1927
  -
Valvuliana aegyptiaca
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Stensioina excolata, Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides nitidus, Gyroidinoides subangulata
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides susanaensis, Cibicidoides alleni
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Eouvigerinidae
Eouvigerina maqfiensis
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides welleri, Anomalinoides acuta
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina depressa
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Dorothia oxycona, Gaudryina pyramidata