Ghoumrassen Member, Tataouine Formation (Jurassic of Tunisia)

Where: Taţāwīn, Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ghoumrassen Member (Tataouine Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: specimens are housed in the Institut für Paläontologie, Würzburg University

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich. 2005. Jurassic corals from the southern Tunisia. Zitteliana (A45)3-34 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83349: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 19.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia minor Beauvais 1975 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Enallhelia elegans Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Amphiastraea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis
"Amphiastraea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
"Isastrea parva" = Melikerona parva
"Isastrea parva" = Melikerona parva Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Chomatoseris iranensis Flügel 1966 stony coral