Karma valley, 2.8 (Cretaceous of Tunisia)
Where: Tunisia (35.9° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.7° E)
When: El Haria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Collection methods: size fraction 63-150 um
Primary reference: S. Abramovich and G. Keller. 2002. High stress late Maastrichtian paleoenvironment: inference from planktonic foraminifera in Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178:145-164 [C. Cervato/C. Cervato]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57598: authorized by Cinzia Cervato, entered by Cinzia Cervato on 13.12.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis
"Globigerinelloides yaucoensis" = Planomalina yaucoensis Pessagno 1960 | |
Rugoglobigerina hexacamerata, Rugoglobigerina rugosa, Globotruncana esnehensis, Globotruncana arca, Globotruncanella havanensis
Rugoglobigerina rugosa Plummer 1927
Globotruncana arca Cushman 1926 | |
Pseudoguembelina kempensis, Pseudoguembelina costulata, Heterohelix carinata, Heterohelix labellosa, Heterohelix navarroensis, Heterohelix globulosa, Heterohelix dentata, Pseudotextularia elegans, Guembelitria trifolia, Guembelitria cretacea
Pseudoguembelina kempensis Esker 1968
Pseudoguembelina costulata Cushman 1938
Heterohelix navarroensis Loeblich 1951
Heterohelix globulosa Ehrenberg 1840
Heterohelix dentata Stenestad 1968
Pseudotextularia elegans Rzehak 1891
Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933 | |