Corals of Djebel Siouf (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (35.4° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° N, 13.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sidi Kralif Formation, Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• L'âge de la formation a varié selon les auteurs.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• ... par des marnes et argiles calcaires gris-vert, très fossilifères, à fines intercalations de calcaire argileux gris-jaunâtre et à grain très fin. Ce membre est très riche en Ammonites pyriteuses

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Beauvais and A. M'Rabet. 1977. Les Madreporaires du Berriasien superieur du Djebel Siouf (Axe Nord-Sud, Tunisie Centrale). Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie (43)103-137 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 28.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Rhipidogyra minima
Rhipidogyra minima Koby 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea subconica n. sp.
Synastrea subconica n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
Acrosmilia minima n. sp.
Acrosmilia minima n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea excelsa n. sp.
Fungiastraea excelsa n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Cyathophyllia cretacaea n. sp., Meandrastrea burolleti n. sp., "Meandrastrea fungiformis n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis, "Meandrastrea lobata n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis, "Meandrastrea humilis n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis, "Montlivaltia truncata" = Montlivaltia truncata, "Montlivaltia sioufensis n. sp." = Montlivaltia truncata, Montlivaltia arcuata n. sp., Montlivaltia subturbinata n. sp., Montlivaltia cherahilensis n. sp., Montlivaltia kairouanensis n. sp., Montlivaltia subinflata n. sp., Montlivaltia subdispar
Cyathophyllia cretacaea n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Meandrastrea burolleti n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
"Meandrastrea fungiformis n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis de Fromentel 1886 stony coral
Holotype
"Meandrastrea lobata n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis de Fromentel 1886 stony coral
Holotype
"Meandrastrea humilis n. sp." = Meandrastrea rudis de Fromentel 1886 stony coral
Holotype
"Montlivaltia truncata" = Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
and n. subsp. elongata (6 specimens)
"Montlivaltia sioufensis n. sp." = Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia arcuata n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia subturbinata n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia cherahilensis n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia kairouanensis n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia subinflata n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype
Montlivaltia subdispar Fromentel 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Plesiostylina bulbosa n. sp." = Stylina pleionantha, Stylina carthagiensis n. sp.
"Plesiostylina bulbosa n. sp." = Stylina pleionantha Meneghini 1880 stony coral
Holotype
Stylina carthagiensis n. sp. Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 stony coral
Holotype