Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 11.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 155.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone
Preservation: cast, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13507: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 10.04.2002, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pseudocidaris gauthieri sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Falcimytilus jurensis, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Falcimytilus jurensis mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
Rostroperna sp. oyster | |
Praeexogyra hebridica oyster | |
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935 cockle
Protocardia cf. piettei Fischer 1969 cockle | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam | |
Eocallista cf. krenkeli Cox 1935 clam | |
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Discomiltha lirata clam |