Jebel Zitouna exposure, Zebbag Fm, U2 unit, 3.9 - 9.2 Thickness: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytheruridae
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Metacytheropteron berbericus
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Cytherellidae
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Cytherella sp.
Jones 1849
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Thomasinellidae
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Thomasinella punica
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Geography
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° North, 9.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.5° North, 8.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Zebbag | ||
| Local section: | Jebel Zitouna | Local bed: | 3.9 - 9.2 m |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green claystone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161130 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-02 07:32:37 | Last modified: | 2014-09-02 07:32:37 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-12-02 07:32:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52504. | H. Abdallah and C. Meister. 1997. The Cenomanian – Turonian boundary in the Gafsa-Chott area (southern part of central Tunisia): biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 18:197-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |