r3/2/4 (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.
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia michelini
2 individuals
Globularia coxi (Stefanini 1939)
3 individuals
Naricopsina cotwoldensis
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Tretospira aff. subnodosa
62 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
12 individuals
described as sp. A
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921
62 individuals
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sislimanensis
14 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Discomiltha lirata
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia pulla
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula cf. engeli Rollier 1918
1 individual
recombined as Sellithyris engeli
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
1 individual
described as dendroid Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
1 individual
described as spheric Hydrozoa
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:177 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13899
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-02 02:45:23 Last modified:2003-04-10 16:40:36
Access level:database members Released:2002-05-02 02:45:23
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]