r3/3/1 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha): Callovian - Oxfordian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Naricopsina cotwoldensis
2 individuals
Globularia michelini
22 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850
1 individual
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
6 individuals
described as sp. A
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea aff. gigas
43 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
23 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus laitmairensis (de Loriol 1883)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 individual
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Liostrea sandalina
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis (Sharpe 1850)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Rostroperna sp.
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitarium (Sowerby 1824)
14 individuals
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta spectabilis
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Discomiltha lirata
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952
1 individual
Anisocardia informal sp. B Munier-Chalmas 1863
1 individual
described as sp. B
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida informal sp. A Kuhn 1949
2 individuals
described as sp. A
Rhynchonellida informal sp. B Kuhn 1949
2 individuals
described as sp. B
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella tazerdunensis Dubar 1967
3 individuals
"Rhynchonella djeffarae Dubar 1967
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula indet. Müller 1776
1 individual
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris gauthieri
10 individuals
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Monodiadema cotteaui
1 individual
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855
1 individual
Crinoidea - Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Pomatocrinus sp. Desor 1845
1 individual
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:158 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13903
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:D. Hempfling
Modifier:M. Gahr Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-02 05:32:28 Last modified:2003-04-10 16:54:29
Access level:database members Released:2002-05-02 05:32:28
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]