Bir Miteur, RH 45: Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, Tunisia
collected 1985, 1997–1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
(Depéret and Savornin 1925)
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| "several dozen teeth" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spinosauridae
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Spinosaurus sp.
Stromer 1915
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| "numerous teeth" | ||||||||||
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Spinosauridae indet.
Stromer 1915
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Le Loeuff et al. 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus
Stromer 1915
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Buffetaut and Ouaja 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rebbachisauridae
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= ? Rebbachisauridae indet.
Bonaparte 1997
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Holwerda 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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| "several teeth" | ||||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Neoceratodontidae
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Neoceratodus africanus
(Haug 1905)
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1 element | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Caturidae
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cf. Caturus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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2 elements | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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| "a great number" of teeth | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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3 elements | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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cf. Anomoeodus sp.
Forir 1887
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1 element | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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? Cretodus sp.
Sokolov 1965
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1 element | |||||||||
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Protolamna sp.
Cappetta 1980
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1 element | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tunisia | State/province: | Médenine |
| Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 10.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.6° North, 11.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Aïn el Guettar | Member: | Oum ed Diab | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Radouane Member of Chenini Fm.; orig. assigned to the Chenini Member, but referred to the lower Oum ed Diab Mbr. in Fanti et al. 2012 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "carbonate" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1985, 1997–1998 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gebel Miteur, Jebel Miteur, Bi'r Miteur, Foum Tatahouine | ||
| Database number: | 67203 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-14 10:33:57 | Last modified: | 2022-08-31 15:05:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-14 10:33:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19183. | ETE | S. Bouaziz, E. Buffetaut, M. Ghanmi, J.-J. Jaeger, M. Martin, J.-M. Mazin, and H. Tong. 1988. Nouvelles découvertes de vertébrés fossiles dans l'Albien du sud tunisien [New discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the Albian of southern Tunisia]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 8e série 4(2):335-339 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 8711 | E. Buffetaut and M. Ouaja. 2002. A new specimen of Spinosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia, with remarks on the evolutionary history of the Spinosauridae. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 173(5):412-421 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 84706 | F. M. Holwerda. 2020. Sauropod dinosaur fossils from the Kem Kem and extended ‘Continental Intercalaire’ of North Africa: A review. Journal of African Earth Sciences 163 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 53516 | J. Le Loeuff, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, Y. Laurent, M. Ouaja, C. Souillat, D. Srarfi and H. Tong. 2000. Mesozoic continental vertebrates of Tunisia. In M.-C. Buchy (ed.), 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82497 | D. Srarfi, M. Ouaja, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and E. Fara. 2004. Position stratigraphique des niveaux à vertébrés du Mésozoïque Sud-Est de la Tunisie [Stratigraphic position of beds with Mesozoic vertebrates from southeastern Tunisia]. Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie 72:5-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70903 | P. Taquet. 2010. The dinosaurs of Maghreb: the history of their discovery. Historical Biology 22(1–3):88-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |