p5/11/9 (Profil 5; Foum Tataouine I, Poste Optique): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Monodiadema cotteaui
1 individual
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia michelini
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
1 individual
described as sp. A
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrites sp. Gesner 1758
1 individual
replaced by Rugalindrites
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma sp. Cossmann 1907
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pulla
10 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Discomiltha lirata
17 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon gardeti
30 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935
9 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia grandidieri
3 individuals
Protocardia informal sp. B (Beyrich 1845)
11 individuals
described as sp. B
Protocardia dufrenoyca (Buvignier 1852)
30 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
4 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis (Sharpe 1850)
1 individual
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum
3 individuals
original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.3° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Period:Middle - Late/Upper Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower - Middle Oxfordian
Key time interval:Callovian - Oxfordian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine Member:Beni Oussid
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified silty packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:139 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13783
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-26 02:13:46 Last modified:2003-02-05 03:06:51
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-26 02:13:46
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]