El Kef, El-Kef-I-2-6 (Paleocene of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (36.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 6.9° E)

When: El Haria Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

Primary reference: G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57418: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
"Pseudotextularia deformis" = Guembelina striata deformis Kikoine 1948
"Heterohelix punctulata" = Guembelina punctulata Cushman 1938
"Heterohelix glabrans" = Guembelina glabrans Cushman 1938
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix striata Ehrenberg 1840
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
Pseudoguembelina palpebra Bronnimann and Brown 1953
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
  -
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae