El Kef, El-Kef-38.5: Maastrichtian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia esnaensis
2 specimens
Tritaxia midwayensis
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina pyramidata
2 specimens
Dorothia oxycona
2 specimens
Dorothia pupa
Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus
3 specimens
Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina delicata
Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
Epistomariidae
Nuttallides truempyi
unclassified
Coryphostoma incrassata
2 specimens
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
Coryphostoma midwayensis
4 specimens
Coryphostoma plaitum
Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae
Praebulimina reussi
3 specimens
Globorotalitidae
Globorotalites tappanae
Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina knebeli
5 specimens
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
Heterohelicidae
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco draco
unclassified
Lingulinopsis sp. Reuss 1860
Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea
Pullenia jarvisi
Pullenia sp. Parker and Jones 1862
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina modesta
2 specimens
Lenticulina muensteri Bartenstein and Brand 1937
synonym of Lenticulina munsteri
Saracenaria navicula
Saracenaria triangularis
Palmula primitiva
Neoflabellina jarvisi
2 specimens
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Pyrulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
2 specimens
Globulina lacrima
2 specimens
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Pseudonodosaria manifesta
Pseudonodosaria obesa
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Nodosaria limbata
2 specimens
Nodosaria distans
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Dentalina basiplanata
2 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides dayi
3 specimens
Cibicidoides incognita
Cibicidoides praecursoria
Cibicidoides succedens
5 specimens
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
5 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella austinana
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides gyrardana
2 specimens
original and current combination Valvalabamina
Gyroidinoides subangulata Plummer 1927
2 specimens
Stensioina beccoriformis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana
5 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta
3 specimens
Anomalinoides acuta (Plummer 1927)
15 specimens
Anomalinoides welleri (Plummer 1927)
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina planulata Cushman and Renz 1941
Gavelinella lelligensis
unclassified
Valvuliana aegyptiaca
4 specimens
Valvuliana sp. Li et al. 1999
2 specimens
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:El Haria
Local section:El Kef Local bed:38.5 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:57354
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]