Djebel Cheid (Cretaceous of Tunisia)
Where: Tunisia (36.4° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 13.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1960. Sur le genre Clausastrea [About the genus Clausastrea]. Annales de Paleontologie 46:1-46 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87798: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.03.2009
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Clausastrea bolzei n. sp.
Clausastrea bolzei n. sp. Alloiteau 1960 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris cf. pretiosa pencil urchin | |
Salenia mamillata sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823 | |
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829 | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra aquila oyster | |
Plicatula placunea Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Parahoplites aff. fissicostatus ammonite | |
Foraminifera | |
Orbitolina lenticularis, "Orbitolina discoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea
"Orbitolina discoidea" = Orbitolina discoideaconoidea Gras 1852 |