Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Jurassic to Jurassic (201.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified, shelly/skeletal reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: mechanical
• plants are reported to be present but not described in the publication
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 13812: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 29.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Palaeohydatina sp. Cossmann 1895 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Eomiodon gardeti clam |