Loc. 1, Sif et Tella, Djebel Mrhila - bed 1 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 8.5° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bahloul Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower most fossiliferous bed (bed 1) in text-fig. 5 of Chancellor et al. (1994).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white, yellow dolomite

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Alternating yellow and white dolomitic carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the OUM

• COLLECTOR: Chancellor et al., early 1990's? REPOSITORY:OUM.

Primary reference: G. R. Chancellor, W. J. Kennedy, and J. M. Hancock. 1994. Turonian ammonite faunas from central Tunisia. Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology 50:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88841: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Comprehensive for ammonoids and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication within modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras cf. gamai Choffat 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Choffat 1898 ammonite