Oued Zaafrane buildups, Tunisia (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
 Textulariina - Pfenderinidae
Kurnubia sp. Henson 1948
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Demospongiae
  -
Blastochaetetes zaafranensis Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge
 Agelasida -
Tataouinella biribiensis Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge
Tataouinella corrugata Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge
Columnocoelia radians Gautret and Cuif 1989 demosponge