r2/26/4 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Corallia indet.
1 individual
described as corals indet.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea indet. Etallon 1859
3 individuals
described as morphotype Amphiastrea
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris gauthieri
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838
29 individuals
Pholadomya kachchhensis
1 individual
Bucardiomya lirata
2 individuals
spelled with current rank as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843
21 individuals
Discomiltha lirata
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis (Cox 1935)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hirsonensis d'Archiac 1843
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850
1 individual
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853
2 individuals
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 individual
descibed as sp. E
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia michelini
4 individuals
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula indet. Müller 1776
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Pseudoglossothyris sulcata Muir-Wood 1935
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951
9 individuals
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
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:83 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13858
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-30 01:21:36 Last modified:2003-04-09 16:59:38
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-30 01:21:36
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]