El Kef, El-Kef-34.2 (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 57347: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia jarvisi
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina quadrata, Praebulimina reussi
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Palmula primitiva, Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Saracenaria navicula, Saracenaria triangularis
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina legumen, Astacolus sp., Lagena hispida, Nodosaria distans, Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Pseudonodosaria obesa
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina lacrima, Guttulina cuspidata
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia esnaensis
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco draco
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Valvuliana aegyptiaca
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella cretacea
Nonionella cretacea Cushman 1931
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Stensioina beccoriformis, Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides subangulata
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides dayi, Cibicidoides incognita, Cibicidoides praecursoria, Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides alleni
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides welleri, Anomalinoides acuta
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina depressa, Gyroidina planulata, Gavelinella lelligensis, Gavelinella danica
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
Gavelinella danica Brotzen 1940
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Dorothia oxycona, Dorothia pupa, Dorothia recusa, Gaudryina pyramidata