Where: Tunisia (34.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bahloul Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Abdallah and C. Meister. 1997. The Cenomanian – Turonian boundary in the Gafsa-Chott area (southern part of central Tunisia): biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 18:197-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161139: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) aff. obessum" = Paravascoceras obessum, Neoptychites ex gr. cephalotus
"Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) aff. obessum" = Paravascoceras obessum Taubenhaus 1920 ammonite
Neoptychites ex gr. cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite | |
"Choffaticeras aff. massipianum" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) massipiana
"Choffaticeras aff. massipianum" = Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) massipiana Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite |