g4/26/8 (Profil 1; Ghomrassen) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda "sp. E" Cuvier 1795 snail
described as sp. E
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula menkii nut clam
[entered as Paleonucula menkii]
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935 cockle
Protocardia cf. piettei Fischer 1969 cockle
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya gibbosa Sowerby 1814 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae