Where: Tunisia (34.1° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 10.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zebbag Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• "Knemiceras beds" of the Zebbag Formation. Likely at the transition of the Prolyelliceras gevreyi and Buloticeras radenaci zones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: ISTerre, Université of Grenoble Alpes, ex Institut Dolomieu collections (UJF-ID)
Primary reference: J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard. 2023. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy of the upper Aptian-lower Albian ammonites of the Chott area, southern Central Tunisia. Cretaceous Research 154(105731) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 232796: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.12.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Knemiceras sagetae Latil and Jaillard 2023 ammonite
Parengonoceras chottensis n. sp. Latil and Jaillard 2023 ammonite |