El Kef, El-Kef-37 (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 57351: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
  -
Valvuliana aegyptiaca, "Marginulina bullata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina bullata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Pseudonodosaria obesa, Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina solvata, Dentalina legumen
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Saracenaria triangularis, Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Palmula primitiva, Neoflabellina jarvisi
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Pyrulina apiculata, Guttulina cuspidata
Foraminifera
  -
Lingulinopsis sp.
Lingulinopsis sp. Reuss 1860
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia esnaensis
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides dayi, Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides susanaensis, Cibicidoides alleni
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides welleri, Anomalinoides acuta
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina depressa, Gyroidina planulata, Gavelinella lelligensis
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Stensioina beccoriformis, Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides nitidus, Gyroidinoides subangulata
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella cretacea
Nonionella cretacea Cushman 1931
Foraminifera
  - Chilostomellidae
Allomorphina cretacea, Allomorphina halli, Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia sp.
Pullenia sp. Parker and Jones 1862
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina cushmani, Praebulimina quadrata, Praebulimina reussi, Praebulimina trochoides
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea