List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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"Terebratula matmatensis
Dubar 1967
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus imbricatus
(Sowerby 1818)
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88 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Musculus somaliensis
(Cox 1935)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Actinostreon solitarium
(Sowerby 1824)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Eonavicula moulyi
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Trigonastarte sp.
Bigot 1885
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya kachchhensis
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bucardiomya lirata
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9 individuals | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) | ||||||||||
Arcomya sp.
Agassiz 1838
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia cf. viceliacensis
d'Orbigny 1850
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tendagurium propebanneianum
Dietrich 1933
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1 individual | |||||||||
Protocardia somaliensis
Cox 1935
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8 individuals | |||||||||
Protocardia intexta
(Muenster 1837)
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26 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Anisocardia informal sp. A
Munier-Chalmas 1863
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9 individuals | |||||||||
described as sp. A | ||||||||||
Anisocardia informal sp. B
Munier-Chalmas 1863
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1 individual | |||||||||
described as sp. B | ||||||||||
Pronoella aff. bynei
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60 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Megalodontida
- Ceratomyopsidae
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Ceratomyopsis striata
(d'Orbigny 1822)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya sp.
(Meek 1873)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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67 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya crassa
Agassiz 1845
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia michelini
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1 individual | |||||||||
Globularia coxi
(Stefanini 1939)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Naricopsina cotwoldensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Quadrinervus sp.
Cossmann 1904
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3 individuals | |||||||||
described as sp. A | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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1 individual | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Nautilida indet.
Agassiz 1847
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Millericrinida
- Millericrinidae
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Pomatocrinus sp.
Desor 1845
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1 individual | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Acrosaleniidae
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Monodiadema cotteaui
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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: | 166.10000 - 157.30000 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: | 315 individuals |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 13950 | ||
Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | D. Hempfling |
Modifier: | M. Gahr | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-06 04:27:40 | Last modified: | 2003-04-10 17:20:43 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-05-06 04:27:40 |
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] |