Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Jurassic to Jurassic (201.4 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13906: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 02.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Mactromya crassa Agassiz 1845 clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Gythemon sp. Casey 1952 clam
Pronoella aff. bynei clam | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Paracenoceras indet. Spath 1927 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail | |
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850 snail |