El Kef, El-Kef-39: Maastrichtian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina pyramidata
2 specimens
Rotaliidae
Oridorsalis umbonatus
6 specimens
unclassified
Coryphostoma incrassata
Coryphostoma incrassata gigantea
Coryphostoma midwayensis
8 specimens
Coryphostoma plaitum
Turrilinidae
Praebulimina carseyae
Praebulimina quadrata
Praebulimina reussi
15 specimens
Globorotalitidae
Globorotalites tappanae
Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina spectabillis
Heterohelicidae
Bolivinoides draco
Bolivinoides draco draco
Chilostomellidae
Pullenia cretacea
Pullenia jarvisi
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina modesta
3 specimens
Lenticulina muensteri Bartenstein and Brand 1937
synonym of Lenticulina munsteri
Saracenaria triangularis
Neoflabellina jarvisi
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Pyrulina apiculata
Globulina lacrima
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Pseudonodosaria manifesta
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Dentalina basiplanata
Dentalina gracilis
Dentalina legumen (Reuss 1845)
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Eouvigerinidae
Eouvigerina maqfiensis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides dayi
3 specimens
Cibicidoides succedens
5 specimens
Cibicidoides susanaensis
4 specimens
Cibicidoides alleni Plummer 1927
2 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonionella austinana
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides quadratus
original and current combination Valvalabamina
Gyroidinoides quadratus martini
Gyroidinoides dosorplana
3 specimens
original and current combination Valvalabamina
Gyroidinoides subangulata Plummer 1927
4 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Osangularia cordieriana
4 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides praeacuta
12 specimens
Anomalinoides acuta (Plummer 1927)
7 specimens
Anomalinoides welleri (Plummer 1927)
unclassified
Valvuliana aegyptiaca
5 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:39 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:57355
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]