Elles, Elles-II-45-50 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.9° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.7° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

Primary reference: G. Keller, T. Adatte, W. Stinnesbeck, V. Luciani, N. Karoui-Yaakoub and D. Zaghbib-Turki. 2002. Paleoecology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction in planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178:257-297 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57401: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
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  - Guembelitriidae
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
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"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae
"Planoglobulina carseyae" = Ventilabrella carseyae Plummer 1931
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
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"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960