Where: Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 152.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: G. Dubar. 1967. Brachiopodes Jurassiques du Sahara Tunisien [Jurassic brachiopods from the Tunisian Sahara]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 53:1-71 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99126: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Somalirhynchia jordanica, Somalirhynchia cf. bihenensis, Somalirhynchia smelliei, Somalirhynchia africana, Somalirhynchia somalica, Burmirhynchia cf. weiri
Somalirhynchia jordanica Noetling 1887
Somalirhynchia cf. bihenensis Muir-Wood 1935
Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925
Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925
Somalirhynchia somalica Dacque 1905
Burmirhynchia cf. weiri Diaz-Romero 1931 | |
Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932 | |
Rhynchonella tazerdunensis n. sp. Dubar 1967 | |
"Zeilleria farringdonensis" = Zittelina farringdonensis
"Zeilleria farringdonensis" = Zittelina farringdonensis Rollier 1919 | |
Zeilleria hararina Jaboli 1959 | |
Terebratula semisella, Terebratula cf. oxoniensis, Terebratula nutans, Terebratula matmatensis n. sp., Terebratula bussoni, Terebratula djeffarae, Terebratula cf. lamberti
Terebratula matmatensis n. sp. Dubar 1967
Terebratula bussoni Dubar 1967
Terebratula djeffarae Dubar 1967
Terebratula cf. lamberti Douville 1886 | |
Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935 | |
"Terebratula aff. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata, "Terebratula cf. suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis, "Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Terebratula aff. breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900
"Terebratula cf. suprajurensis" = Xestosina suprajurensis Thurmann 1862
"Terebratula subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846 | |
Gastropoda | |
Globularia zemmourensis Cox 1969 snail | |
Harpagodes aff. thirriae snail | |
Tretospira aff. subnodosa periwinkle
Purpuroidea sp. Lycett 1848 periwinkle | |
? Gymnocerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail | |
Pseudomelania (Oonia) saharica n. sp. snail |