k5/2/7 (Profil 11; Ksar Beni Soltane): Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Xystrella protortile Cox 1965
12 individuals
recombined as Cryptaulax protortile
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula lyrata Sowerby 1840
2 individuals
recombined as Indocorbula lyrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia grandidieri
9 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
12 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Middle Jurassic
*International age/stage:Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian
Key time interval:Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:35 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13589
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:D. Hempfling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-15 06:24:19 Last modified:2002-04-15 09:24:19
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-15 06:24:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6119. S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]