El Kef, El-Kef-23.5 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 7.4° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Primary reference: L. Li, G. Keller and W. Stinnesbeck. 1999. The Late Campian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic formainifera. Cretaceous Research 20:231-252 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57339: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina pyramidata
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides susanaensis
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina dorsoplana, Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides acuta, Anomalinoides welleri
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina depressa, Gyroidina planulata
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides subangulata, Stensioina beccoriformis, Stensioina excolata
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina alternata, Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina stephensoni, Dentalina legumen, Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Pseudonodosaria obesa, Lagena hispida, Astacolus sp.
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina lacrima
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Saracenaria navicula, Saracenaria triangularis, Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Palmula primitiva
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Foraminifera
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina delicata
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina cushmani, Praebulimina lajollaensis, Praebulimina quadrata, Praebulimina reussi
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
  -
Lingulinopsis sp.
Lingulinopsis sp. Reuss 1860
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina knebeli, Spiroplectammina spectabillis
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia jarvisi