Also known as Reef 1147
Where: Tunisia (36.3° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° N, 14.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. Ourribane, E. H. Chellai, and D. Zaghbib-Turki. 2000. Role des microbialites et des "micro-encroutants" dans la lithification recifale: exemples du Jurassique superieur de l'Atlas maghrebin (Maroc et Tunisie) [The role of microbialites and micro-encrusters in the reef lithification: examples from the Upper Jurassic of the Maghrebian Atlas (Morocco and Tunisia)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 330(6):407-414 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68082: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877 | |
Thaumatoporella sp. Pia 1927 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Macroporella sp. Pia 1912
Palaeodasycladus sp. Pia 1927 | |
Triploporella sp. Steinmann 1880 | |
Foraminifera | |
Lithocodium | |
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956 | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Shamovella | |
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956 | |
Bivalvia | |
Heterodiceras sp. rudist |