Where: Tunisia (36.6° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: fahdène Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• The association 1 is for the base of the term 4 only
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy wackestone and poorly lithified marl
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: I. Zghal, R. Damotte, and H. Bismuth. 1996. Les ostracodes de l'Albien du Koudiat el Beida (J. Mrhila, Tunisie centrale). Revue de Micropaléontologie 39(1):67-90 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56814: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Ostracoda | |
Amphicytherura ex gr. distincta ostracod | |
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
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Cythereis sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Cythereis fahrinoni ostracod | |
Cytherella ex gr. parallela ostracod
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Valvulineria sp. Cushman 1926 | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis, "Clavihedbergella simplex" = Hastigerinella simplex
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
"Clavihedbergella simplex" = Hastigerinella simplex Morrow 1934 | |