El Kef, El-Kef-41.2 (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 57359: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella cretacea
Nonionella cretacea Cushman 1931
 Rotaliida - Eouvigerinidae
Eouvigerina maqfiensis
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gavelinella lelligensis, Gyroidina depressa, Gyroidina planulata
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta, Anomalinoides acuta, Anomalinoides welleri
Anomalinoides acuta Plummer 1927
Anomalinoides welleri Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina dorsoplana, Osangularia cordieriana
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides nitidus, Gyroidinoides quadratus, Gyroidinoides subangulata
Gyroidinoides quadratus
Gyroidinoides quadratus martini
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides succedens, Cibicidoides susanaensis, Cibicidoides alleni
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
Foraminifera
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea, Pullenia jarvisi
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia esnaensis
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Lagena hispida, Pseudonodosaria manifesta, Astacolus sp., Dentalina basiplanata, Dentalina gracilis, Dentalina stephensoni, Nodosaria distans
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina cuspidata, Globulina lacrima
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Saracenaria triangularis, Lenticulina modesta, "Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri, Palmula primitiva
"Lenticulina muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Foraminifera
  -
Valvuliana aegyptiaca
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Dorothia bulletta, Gaudryina pyramidata
  -
Lingulinopsis sp.
Lingulinopsis sp. Reuss 1860
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
Praebulimina cushmani, Praebulimina lajollaensis, Praebulimina reussi, Praebulimina trochoides, Praebulimina midwayensis
 Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi
 Rotaliina -
Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus