Where: Tunisia (36.6° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 11.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: fahdène Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray limestone and poorly lithified, gray marl
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: I. Zghal, R. Damotte, and H. Bismuth. 1996. Les ostracodes de l'Albien du Koudiat el Beida (J. Mrhila, Tunisie centrale). Revue de Micropaléontologie 39(1):67-90 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56812: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
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Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
Spiroplectinata sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Globothalamea | |
Valvulineria sp. Cushman 1926 | |
Gavelinella sp. Brotzen 1942 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
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"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940 | |
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea besrineensis ostracod | |
Matronella lethiersi n. sp. ostracod | |
Bythoceratina aff. avnonensis ostracod
Monoceratina amsittenensis ostracod | |
Protocythere galileensis ostracod | |
Eucytherura kokhavensis, Eucytherura aff. costata, Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni, ? Orthonotacythere suffetulaensis n. sp., Cytherura talmeyafeensis
Eucytherura kokhavensis ostracod
Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli ostracod
Eocytheropteron peroni ostracod
? Orthonotacythere suffetulaensis n. sp. ostracod
Cytherura talmeyafeensis ostracod | |
Cythereis libanensis ostracod | |
Neocythere nobilis, "Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere), "Centrocythere mrhilaensis n. sp." = Neocythere (Centrocythere)
Neocythere nobilis ostracod
"Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod
"Centrocythere mrhilaensis n. sp." = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod | |
Amphicytherura antiqua ostracod
Amphicytherura ashqelonensis ostracod
Amphicytherura ex gr. distincta ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod |