El Kef, El-Kef-23.5: Maastrichtian, Tunisia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Gaudryina pyramidata
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicidoides succedens
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Cibicidoides susanaensis
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Alabaminidae
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Alabamina dorsoplana
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Osangularia cordieriana
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Anomalinidae
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Anomalinoides praeacuta
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Anomalinoides acuta
(Plummer 1927)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Anomalinoides welleri
(Plummer 1927)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Gavelinellidae
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Gyroidina depressa
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gyroidina planulata
Cushman and Renz 1941
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cancrisidae
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Gyroidinoides gyrardana
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3 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Valvalabamina | |||||||
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Gyroidinoides subangulata
Plummer 1927
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Stensioina beccoriformis
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Stensioina excolata
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Dentalina alternata
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Dentalina gracilis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Dentalina stephensoni
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Dentalina legumen
(Reuss 1845)
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Pseudonodosaria manifesta
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Pseudonodosaria obesa
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Lagena hispida
Reuss 1863
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Astacolus sp.
de Montfort 1808
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Globulina lacrima
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Saracenaria navicula
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Saracenaria triangularis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Lenticulina modesta
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Lenticulina muensteri
Bartenstein and Brand 1937
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3 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Lenticulina munsteri | |||||||
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Palmula primitiva
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Ellipsolagenidae
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Oolina delicata
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Turrilinidae
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Praebulimina carseyae
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Praebulimina cushmani
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Praebulimina lajollaensis
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Praebulimina quadrata
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Praebulimina reussi
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Epistomariidae
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Nuttallides truempyi
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Rotaliidae
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Oridorsalis umbonatus
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unclassified
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Coryphostoma midwayensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Coryphostoma plaitum
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Lingulinopsis sp.
Reuss 1860
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Spiroplectamminidae
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Spiroplectammina knebeli
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Spiroplectammina spectabillis
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Chilostomellidae
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Pullenia cretacea
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Pullenia jarvisi
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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: | marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57339 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Cervato | Enterer: | C. Cervato | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2005-12-13 17:44:29 | Last modified: | 2005-12-13 19:44:29 |
| Access level: | the public | ||
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12551. | L. Li, G. Keller and W. Stinnesbeck. 1999. The Late Campian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic formainifera. Cretaceous Research 20:231-252 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Uhen] |