KEK.10, Khechem El Kelb, Jebel Sidi Khalif: Bifrons, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Quadratirhynchia vasconcellosi (Choffat 1931)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Pseudogibbirhynchia praedifformis (Flamand 1911)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia batalleri (Dubar 1931)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Telothyris jauberti (Deslongchamps 1863)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Harpoceras sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.1° North, 12.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Bifrons
Age range of interval:182.00000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Châabet El Attaris
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Bifrons subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:169178
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-05-09 23:04:20 Last modified:2015-05-09 23:04:20
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-09 23:04:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55260. P. Fauré, Y. Alméras, N. Sekatni, M. S. Arfaoui, and F. Zargouni. 2015. Les brachiopodes du Jurassique inférieur et moyen en Tunisie centrale (Axe Nord-Sud). Un nouveau témoin du domaine paléobiogéographique ouest-téthysien. Geodiversitas 37:31-57 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]