El Kef, El-Kef-II-(-)50-55: Maastrichtian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Plummerita hantkeninoides
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Planomalinidae
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Globigerinelloides aspera
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Globigerinelloides volutus
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Globotruncanidae
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Rugoglobigerina hexacamerata
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Rugoglobigerina rotundata
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Rugoglobigerina rugosa
(Plummer 1927)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rugoglobigerina scotti
Broennimann 1952
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Rugoglobigerina macrocephala
Broennimann 1952
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Globotruncana falsostuarti
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Globotruncana insignis
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Globotruncana dupeublei
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Globotruncana aegyptiaca
Nakkady 1950
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Globotruncana rosetta
Gandolfi 1955
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Globotruncanita angulata
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Globotruncanita conica
(White 1928)
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Globotruncanita stuarti
(de Lapparent 1918)
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Rosita contusa
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Rosita walfischensis
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Globotruncanella subcarinatus
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Globotruncanella petaloidea
(Gandolfi 1955)
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Rugoglobigerina pennyi
Brönnimann 1952
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Heterohelicidae
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Planoglobulina brazoensis
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Planoglobulina multicamerata
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Heterohelix complanata
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Heterohelix pulchra
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Heterohelix cf. punctulata
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Heterohelix striata
(Ehrenberg 1840)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Heterohelix navarroensis
Loeblich 1951
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20 specimens | ||||||
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Heterohelix dentata
Stenestad 1968
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Heterohelix globulosa
(Ehrenberg 1840)
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Heterohelix glabrans
(Cushman 1938)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Guembelina glabrans | |||||||
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Pseudotextularia deformis
(Kikoine 1948)
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| original and current combination Guembelina striata deformis | |||||||
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Racemiguembelina intermedia
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Racemiguembelina powelli
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Pseudotextularia elegans
(Rzehak 1891)
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Gublerina cuvillieri
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Pseudoguembelina kempensis
Esker 1968
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Pseudoguembelina costulata
(Cushman 1938)
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Pseudoguembelina palpebra
Bronnimann and Brown 1953
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Pseudoguembelina hariaensis
Nederbragt 1991
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Guembelitria trifolia
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Guembelitria irregularis
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Guembelitria cretacea
Cushman 1933
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Hedbergellidae
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Hedbergella holmdelensis
Olsson 1964
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Hedbergella monmouthensis
(Olsson 1960)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Planoglobulina carseyae
(Plummer 1931)
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| original and current combination Ventilabrella carseyae | |||||||
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Globigerinelloides yaucoensis
(Pessagno 1960)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Planomalina yaucoensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 8.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.1° North, 7.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57241 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Cervato | Enterer: | C. Cervato | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-12-13 17:44:25 | Last modified: | 2005-12-13 19:44:25 |
| Access level: | the public | ||
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15480. | 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] |