r2/26/8 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
5 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Ostreida
Ostreacea indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sandalina
3 individuals
Praeexogyra hebridica
11 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum
114 individuals
original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Mytiloperna patchamensis
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. modeli
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula lyrata Sowerby 1840
1 individual
recombined as Indocorbula lyrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia grandidieri
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia rostrata (Sowerby 1821)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pulla
1 individual
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania informal sp. B Pictet and Campiche 1862
1 individual
described as sp. B
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
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:143 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13860
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-04-30 01:36:30 Last modified:2003-04-09 17:01:35
Access level:database members Released:2002-04-30 01:36:30
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]