Djebel Krannga (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Also known as Reef 1296

Where: Tunisia (35.5° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lenticular bioconstructions: 1.50 m thick and 3-4 m lateral extension

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Camoin. 1985. Decouverte d'une nouvelle espece de Polytremacis (Octocorallia) dans le Turonien du Djebel Krannga (Tunisie centrale) [Discovery of a new species of Polytremacis in the Turonian of Djebel Krannga (central Tunisia)]. Geobios 18(2):233-238 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Lithocodium
  -
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteriidae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Poritidae indet. Gray 1840 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippuritidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831