Microfauna 1, Term 4, Late Albian, Koudiat el Beida, Tunisia (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

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

• The term 4 counts 270 meters of wackestone-Packestone rich in sponge spicules and/or pithonelids interbeded with marls. Regressive trend from the base to the top.

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
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Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Schizocytheridae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Cythereis sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Cythereis cf. phoenissa ostracod
Cythereis cf. phoenissa serotina
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eucytherura cf. multituberculata ostracod
Eucytherura (Vesticytherura) cf. multituberculata
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Valvulineria sp. Cushman 1926
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis, "Clavihedbergella simplex" = Hastigerinella simplex
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
"Clavihedbergella simplex" = Hastigerinella simplex Morrow 1934
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
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Ticinella raynaudi
Ticinella raynaudi digitalis
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
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 Lituolida - Lituolidae