List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Corallia indet.
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Cylindrobullinidae
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Cylindrites sp.
Gesner 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
| replaced by Rugalindrites | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Nerineidae indet.
Zittel 1873
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Nerinea desvoidyi
D'Orbigny 1921
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania informal sp. B
Pictet and Campiche 1862
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia coxi
(Stefanini 1939)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhaiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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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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4 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus | ||||||||||
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Inoperna khadirensis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Arcomytilus laitmairensis
(de Loriol 1883)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Musculus somaliensis
(Cox 1935)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
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Ostreacea indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | ||||||||||
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Africogryphaea aff. costellata
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Eligmidae
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Eligmus weiri
Cox 1935
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna informal sp. C
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
| described as sp. C | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Acesta spectabilis
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eopecten velatus
(Goldfuss 1833)
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36 individuals | |||||||||
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
(Schlotheim 1813)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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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
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Orthotrigonia bouchardi
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) | ||||||||||
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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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Discomiltha lirata
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Arcomya sp.
Agassiz 1838
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Pholadomya kachchhensis
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Ceratomya wimmisensis
(Gillieron 1886)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Anisocardia informal sp. A
Munier-Chalmas 1863
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tendagurium propebanneianum
Dietrich 1933
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Protocardia somaliensis
Cox 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
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Rhynchonellida informal sp. B
Kuhn 1949
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetrarhynchiidae
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Somalirhynchia cf. africana
Weir 1925
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Loboidothyrididae
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Striithyris somaliensis
Muir-Wood 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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"Terebratula informal sp. C
Müller 1776
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| described as sp. C | ||||||||||
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"Terebratula indet.
Müller 1776
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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"Terebratula matmatensis
Dubar 1967
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Bothryopneustes sp.
Fourtau 1924
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Clypeidae
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Pygurus peretti
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38 individuals | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Nucleolitidae
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Nucleolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Acrosaleniidae
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Monodiadema cotteaui
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Stomopneustoida
- Stomechinidae
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Stomechinus sp.
Desor 1858
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Rhabdocidaridae
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Rhabdocidaris sp.
Desor 1855
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Hydrozoa
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Hydrozoa indet.
Owen 1843
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1 individual | |||||||||
| described as spherical Hydrozoa | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 10.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° North, 11.0° 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: | bioturbation,intraclastic lithified grainstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,trace |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 188 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13951 | ||
| Authorizer: | F. Fursich | Enterer: | D. Hempfling |
| Modifier: | F. Fursich | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-06 05:34:12 | Last modified: | 2006-03-06 05:09:17 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-05-06 05:34:12 |
| 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] |