Loc. 6, Ain es Sfaia - bed 1 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.5° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° N, 8.0° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bahloul Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the 1st fossiliferous bed (bottom to top) in text-fig. 7 of Chancellor et al. (1994).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, gray, blue claystone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Blue-grey marly clays, concretionary. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the OUM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 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 88849: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Comprehensive for ammonoids and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication within modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras durandi
Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889 ammonite