r3/2/3 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Nacicopsina cotwoldensis
1 individual
Corals indet.
1 individual
described as corals indet.
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
1 individual
described as dendroid Hydrozoa
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula indet. Müller 1776
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus somaliensis (Cox 1935)
13 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
13 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Discomiltha lirata
13 individuals
Fimbria lajoyei d'Archiac 1843
87 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843
1 individual
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha rathieriana d'Orbigny 1850
2 individuals
corrected as Myoconcha rathieri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tendagurium sp. Dietrich 1933
2 individuals
described as sp. A
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia rostrata (Sowerby 1821)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pulla
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula menkii
1 individual
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Ovactaeonina contodiorum
8 individuals
spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Tretospira aff. subnodosa
8 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes aff. thirridae
40 individuals
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
2 individuals
described as sp. A
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia michelini
1 individual
Globularia coxi (Stefanini 1939)
11 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 wackestone
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:219 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13898
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-02 02:31:25 Last modified:2003-04-10 16:39:51
Access level:database members Released:2002-05-02 02:31:25
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]