KEK.33, Khechem El Kelb, Jebel Sidi Khalif (Jurassic of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.1° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Progracilis ammonoid zone, Khechem El Kelb Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• Orbignyi subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Fauré, Y. Alméras, N. Sekatni, M. S. Arfaoui, and F. Zargouni. 2015. Les brachiopodes du Jurassique inférieur et moyen en Tunisie centrale (Axe Nord-Sud). Un nouveau témoin du domaine paléobiogéographique ouest-téthysien. Geodiversitas 37:31-57 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169183: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
? Ornithella boxensis Muir-Wood 1936
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Sphaeroidothyris elmii Almeras and Moulan 1988