Where: Tunisia (36.3° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 11.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Portisi ammonoid zone, Bou Gabrine Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Faure, Y. Almeras, N. Sekatni and F. Zargouni. 2007. Le Pliensbachien de Jebel Zaghouan (Tunisie). Nouvelles données fauniques. Implications biostratigraphiques et paléobiogéographiques. Geodiversitas 29(4):473-506 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84280: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 06.10.2008
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Lytoceras ovimontanum Geyer 1893 ammonite | |
Fuciniceras ex gr. lavinianum Fucini 1900 ammonite |