PBDB Collection

Microfauna, Term 5, Late Albian, Koudiat el Beida, Tunisia (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.6° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: fahdène Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone and poorly lithified wackestone

• The term 5 is about 150 meters thick, dominated by claystones interbeded with wackestone-Packestone rich in sponge spicules and/or pithonelids.

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 56817: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Algeriana sbibaensis n. sp., Parexophthalmocythere rhombusa Algeriana sbibaensis n. sp. Parexophthalmocythere rhombusa
Ostracoda
Platycopida - Cytherellidae	Cytherella ex gr. parallela, Cytherella ex gr. ovata Cytherella ex gr. parallela ostracod Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Podocopida - Bythocyprididae	Bythocypris sp. Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
Podocopida - Bairdiidae	Bairdia sp. Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Podocopida - Schizocytheridae	Amphicytherura distincta Amphicytherura distincta ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Cythereis fahrinoni, Cythereis gueltaensis, Veenia zargounii n. sp., Rehacythereis zoumoffeni, Rehacythereis sifiensis Cythereis fahrinoni ostracod Cythereis gueltaensis ostracod Veenia zargounii n. sp. ostracod Veenia (Protoveenia) zargouni nov. sp. Rehacythereis zoumoffeni ostracod Rehacythereis sifiensis ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheruridae	Eucytherura cf. multituberculata, Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni, Eocytheropteron kokhavensis Eucytherura cf. multituberculata ostracod Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli ostracod Eocytheropteron peroni ostracod Eocytheropteron kokhavensis ostracod
Podocopida - Bythocytheridae	Monoceratina sp., Bythoceratina sp. Monoceratina sp. Roth 1928 ostracod Bythoceratina sp. Hornibrook 1952 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheridae	"Centrocythere tunetana" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) "Centrocythere tunetana" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod
Podocopida -	Cornicythereis vivieri Cornicythereis vivieri ostracod
Foraminifera
-	Planomalina buxtorfi, Planomalina praebuxtorfi Planomalina buxtorfi Planomalina praebuxtorfi
Globothalamea
Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae	Lingulogavelinella sp. Lingulogavelinella sp.
Foraminifera
Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae	"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis "Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer 1931
Nodosariata
Nodosariida - Nodosariidae	Vaginulina prima Vaginulina prima
Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae	Saracenaria calliopsis Saracenaria calliopsis
Foraminifera
Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae	Hedbergella costellata Hedbergella costellata
Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae	"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica "Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica Renz 1936