El Kef, El-Kef-26.5 (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 57342: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Neoflabellina jarvisi, Neoflabellina rogusa, Palmula primitiva, Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Saracenaria navicula, Saracenaria triangularis
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina basiplanata, Dentalina stephensoni, Dentalina legumen, Astacolus sp., Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Pseudonodosaria obesa, Lagena austicosta, "Oolina apiculata" = Lagena apiculata, Lagena hispida
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
"Oolina apiculata" = Lagena apiculata Reuss 1850
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Angulogenerina cuneata, Fissurina orbignyana
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza 1862
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Dorothia pupa, Gaudryina pyramidata
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina delicata
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae, Praebulimina kickapoensis, Praebulimina lajollaensis, Praebulimina quadrata, Praebulimina midwayensis
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Lingulinopsis sp., Valvuliana aegyptiaca
Lingulinopsis sp. Reuss 1860
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides gyrardana, Gyroidinoides subangulata
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides acuta, Anomalinoides welleri
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina cretacea, Gyroidina planulata
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
 Rotaliida - Quadrimorphinidae
Quadrimorphina camerata
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina dorsoplana, Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides dayi, Cibicidoides susanaensis