Jebel Nekrif 2 (Cretaceous to of Tunisia)

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.8° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oum ed Diab Member (Aïn el Guettar Formation), Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

• orig. assigned to the Chenini Member, but referred to the lower Oum ed Diab Mbr. in Fanti et al. 2012

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, Y. Laurent, M. Ouaja, C. Souillat, D. Srarfi and H. Tong. 2000. Mesozoic continental vertebrates of Tunisia. In M.-C. Buchy (ed.), 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163915: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Elasmobranchii -
Elasmobranchii indet. elasmobranch
"shark teeth"
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
 Plesiosauria -
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
1.2 m femur
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Spinosauridae indet. Stromer 1915 tetanuran theropod
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
Coelacanthimorpha
 Actinistia -
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha
"Actinistia indet." = Coelacanthimorpha lobe-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar