El Kef, El-Kef-16.5 (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 57329: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco draco
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina cuspidata, Globulina lacrima
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Saracenaria navicula, Saracenaria triangularis
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina basiplanata, Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina catenula, Lagena hispida, Pseudonodosaria obesa
Dentalina catenula Reuss 1860
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia jarvisi
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina pyramidata, Dorothia oxycona
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Angulogenerina cuneata
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana, Alabamina dorsoplana
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina depressa, Gyroidina planulata
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides welleri, Anomalinoides acuta
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides nitidus, Gyroidinoides quadratus, Gyroidinoides subangulata
Gyroidinoides quadratus
Gyroidinoides quadratus martini
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides susanaensis
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina aspera, Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina cushmani, Praebulimina quadrata, Praebulimina reussi, Praebulimina midwayensis
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Valvuliana aegyptiaca