Foum El Guelta (Cretaceous of Tunisia)
Where: Tunisia (35.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Pervinquiere
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, N. Malchus, L. Boumaza and E. Jaillaerd. 1999. Cretaceous oysters from North Africa : origin and distribution. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 170(1):67-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185652: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.05.2017
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte vesicularis, Exogyra overwegi, Ceratostreon pliciferum, Amphidonte pyrenaicum
Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Exogyra overwegi von Buch 1852 oyster
Ceratostreon pliciferum Dujardin 1837 oyster
Amphidonte pyrenaicum Leymerie 1851 oyster | |
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Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster | |
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Curvostrea tevesthensis Coquand 1862 oyster | |
Ambigostrea villei, Ambigostrea tripolitana, Nicaisolopha nicaisei, Nicaisolopha tissoti, Oscillopha dichotoma
Ambigostrea villei Coquand 1862 oyster
Ambigostrea tripolitana Krumbeck 1906 oyster
Nicaisolopha nicaisei Coquand 1862 oyster
Nicaisolopha tissoti Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster
Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster | |