List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia cf. africana
Weir 1925
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Purpurinidae
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Tretospira aff. subnodosa
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia michelini
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Globularia coxi
(Stefanini 1939)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Naricopsina cotwoldensis
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp.
Gabb 1869
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Nerinea desvoidyi
D'Orbigny 1921
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus imbricatus
(Sowerby 1818)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon hirsonensis
d'Archiac 1843
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Costigervillia crassicosta
Morris and Lycett 1853
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Rostroperna sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Actinostreon costatum
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20 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Africogryphaea aff. costellata
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Liostrea sandalina
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Acesta spectabilis
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya crassa
Agassiz 1845
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Discomiltha lirata
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69 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya sp.
(Meek 1873)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis striata
(d'Orbigny 1822)
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4 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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Anisocardia informal sp. A
Munier-Chalmas 1863
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tendagurium propebanneianum
Dietrich 1933
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Protocardia intexta
(Muenster 1837)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kalenteridae
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Myoconcha rathieriana
d'Orbigny 1850
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| corrected as Myoconcha rathieri | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Arcomya sp.
Agassiz 1838
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Pholadomya kachchhensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Trigonastarte sp.
Bigot 1885
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia pulla
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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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 marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 182 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13902 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | D. Hempfling |
| Modifier: | M. Gahr | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-02 05:10:45 | Last modified: | 2003-04-10 16:54:01 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-05-02 05:10:45 |
| 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] |