List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Palaeonucula menkii
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Discomiltha lirata
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Gythemon sp.
Casey 1952
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia intexta
(Muenster 1837)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Virgellia sobralensis
(Sharpe 1850)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Actinostreon costatum
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3 individuals | ||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia bihenesis
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1 individual | ||||||
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Somalirhynchia cf. africana
Weir 1925
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1 individual | ||||||
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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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| 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: | 11 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13795 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | D. Hempfling |
| Modifier: | M. Gahr | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-04-27 08:44:10 | Last modified: | 2003-04-09 16:03:05 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-04-27 08:44:10 |
| 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] |