Jebel Zitouna exposure, Zebbag Fm, U2 unit, 9.2-13.2 Thickness (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (34.1° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zebbag Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; massive, white limestone

• white , massive , chalky limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Abdallah and C. Meister. 1997. The Cenomanian – Turonian boundary in the Gafsa-Chott area (southern part of central Tunisia): biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 18:197-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161132: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Neolobites vibrayeanus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
spp. brancai