Jebel Touil el Mra: Albian, Tunisia
collected 1995-2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Mawsoniidae
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Mawsonia sp.
Mawson and Woodward 1907
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Dipnoi
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Dipnoi indet.
(Müller 1884)
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
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Cuny et al. 2010 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| five teeth | ||||||||||
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cf. Bernissartia sp.
Dollo 1883
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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cf. Theriosuchus sp.
Owen 1878
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| one tooth | ||||||||||
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= Araripesuchus wegeneri
Buffetaut 1981
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Cuny et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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= Araripesuchus sp.
Price 1959
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Nicholl et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Lepidosauromorpha indet.
(Benton 1983)
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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? Choristodera indet.
(Cope 1876)
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| vertebra | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Caturidae
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Caturus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| two complete teeth, including TEM5, and two acrodine caps | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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46 specimens | |||||||||
| 10 complete oral teeth, including TEM2-3, and 8 fragments, 7 marginal teeth, 18 pharyngeal teeth, one dentigenous bone fragment (TEM4), one complete scale and one scale fragment | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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Cuny et al. 2010 | 161 specimens | ||||||||
| 161 centra of vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Actinopterygii indet.
(Cope 1887)
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1834)
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| dorsal spine and cephalic spine | ||||||||||
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Lissodus sp.
Brough 1935
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidiidae indet.
Herman 1977
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Srarfi et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| "nouveau genre" | ||||||||||
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Diabodus tataouinensis
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Cuny et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tunisia | State/province: | Tataouine |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 10.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.2° North, 9.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Aïn el Guettar | Member: | Oum ed Diab |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: marginal marine environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1995-2005 |
| Collection method comments: All specimens will eventually be stored in the Office National des Mines in Tunis | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 116298 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano, M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano, M. Gagucas |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-06 23:25:26 | Last modified: | 2022-08-31 15:37:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-06 23:25:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53516. | J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, Y. Laurent, M. Ouaja, C. Souillat, D. Srarfi and H. Tong. 2000. Mesozoic continental vertebrates of Tunisia. In M.-C. Buchy (ed.), 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 37486 | G. Cuny, A. M. Cobbett, F. J. Meunier and M. J. Benton. 2010. Vertebrate microremains from the Early Cretaceous of southern Tunisia. Geobios 43:615-628 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 84281 | G. Cuny, M. Ouaja, D. Srarfi, L. Schmitz, E. Buffetaut and M. J. Benton. 2004. Fossil Sharks from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Revue de Palèobiologie, Genève (2004) spécial(9):127-142 [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas] | |
| 82474 | F. Fanti, M. Contessi, and F. Franchi. 2012. The “Continental Intercalaire” of southern Tunisia: stratigraphy, paleontology, and paleoecology. Journal of African Earth Sciences 73-74:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78342 | C. S. C. Nicholl, E. S. E. Hunt, D. Ouarhache and P. D. Mannion. 2021. A second peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco and the diversity of Gondwanan notosuchians outside South America. Royal Society Open Science 8:211254:1-31 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 82497 | D. Srarfi, M. Ouaja, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and E. Fara. 2004. Position stratigraphique des niveaux à vertébrés du Mésozoïque Sud-Est de la Tunisie [Stratigraphic position of beds with Mesozoic vertebrates from southeastern Tunisia]. Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie 72:5-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |