Tazerdunet-Ksar Kredima: Callovian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Andemantastraea tongoboryensis Alloiteau 1958
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Enallocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
synonym of Actinastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Paramontlivaltia deformis Beauvais 1966
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
Melikerona parva (Gregory 1900)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Connectastrea piriformis (Gregory 1900)
misspelling Amphiastrea piriformis
Connectastrea grandiflora Beauvais 1966
Pseudodiplocoenia soltanensis
Bathmosmilia minima
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Trigerastrea nuda
original and current combination Trigerastraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora tuberosa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia tenuis Koby 1889
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
? Mesomorpha bussoni Beauvais 1966
Thamnasteria dumonti (Chapuis and Dewalque 1853)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ampakabastraea tazerdunetensis Beauvais 1966
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Rhynchonella cf. atla Oppel 1863
Dubar 1967
recombined as Mondegia atla
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella aff. nobilis
Dubar 1967
Rhynchonella pseudoazaisi n. sp. Dubar 1967
Dubar 1967
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
Dubar 1967
Septirhynchia pulchra Muir-Wood and Cooper 1951
Dubar 1967
Septirhynchia azaisi (Cottreau 1924)
Dubar 1967
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula linneana
Dubar 1967
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Dubar 1967
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Charltonithyris bihinensis Weir 1929
Dubar 1967
recombined as Arabatia bihinensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collected by M.G. Busson
Taxonomic list comments:Corals only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3317
Database number:36665
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-02-09 05:03:16 Last modified:2010-10-28 03:43:52
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-09 05:03:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9823. L. Beauvais. 1966. Etude des Madréporaires jurassiques du Sahara tunisien. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrates) 52(2):115-152 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

95241% 8700L. Beauvais. 1985. Les Madreporaires jurassiques indicateurs de paleoenvironments: quelques exemples. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 49:207-215 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
34088 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]