Also known as Reef 3614
Where: Tunisia (33.1° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ghomrassen Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. H. Ben Ismail, S. Razgallah, J.P. Cuif and P. Gautret. 1989. Découverte de biohermes à Démosponges calcifiées dans le Callovien supérieur du Sud-Tunisien; Implications paléobiologiques et sédimentologiques. Geologie Méditerranéenne 16:201-211 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76069: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 12.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922 | |
Kurnubia sp. Henson 1948 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Blastochaetetes reticulosus demosponge
Blastochaetetes zaafranensis Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge | |
Tataouinella biribiensis Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge
Tataouinella corrugata Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge
Columnocoelia radians Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge |