El Kef, El-Kef-II-15-20: Danian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Globigerinidae
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Eoglobigerina fringa
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Eoglobigerina edita
(Subbotina 1953)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Globigerina edita | |||||||
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Heterohelicidae
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Guembelitria danica
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Guembelitria irregularis
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88 specimens | ||||||
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Guembelitria cretacea
Cushman 1933
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7 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 8.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 6.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57225 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Cervato | Enterer: | C. Cervato | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-12-13 17:44:25 | Last modified: | 2005-12-13 19:44:25 |
| Access level: | the public | ||
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15480. | G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato] |