Gouiret Salem (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (32.3° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. Dubar. 1967. Brachiopodes Jurassiques du Sahara Tunisien [Jurassic brachiopods from the Tunisian Sahara]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 53:1-71 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99113: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Burmirhynchia weiri Diaz-Romero 1931
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Terebratula cf. bicanaliculata" = Bihenithyris bicanaliculata
"Terebratula cf. bicanaliculata" = Bihenithyris bicanaliculata Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula djeffarae n. sp. Dubar 1967