k?5/4/2 (Profil 11; Ksar Beni Soltane) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tataouine Formation, Middle Callovian to Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13610: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 16.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum, "Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella corneti pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae