El Kef, El-Kef-I-8-13 (Paleocene of Tunisia)
Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 6.9° E)
When: El Haria Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl
Primary reference: G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57416: 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 | |
Hedbergella holmdelensis Olsson 1964 | |
Pseudoguembelina costulata, Pseudoguembelina kempensis, Guembelitria irregularis, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea, Heterohelix complanata, Heterohelix cf. punctulata, Heterohelix navarroensis, Heterohelix striata, Heterohelix dentata, Heterohelix globulosa
Pseudoguembelina costulata Cushman 1938
Pseudoguembelina kempensis Esker 1968
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Heterohelix cf. punctulata Ehrenberg 1843
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix striata Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840 | |