Tazerdunet (Tataouine): Callovian - Kimmeridgian, Tunisia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania (Oonia) saharica n. sp.
Cox 1969
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia zemmourensis Cox 1969
Cox 1969
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
? Gymnocerithium sp. Cossmann 1906
Cox 1969
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea sp. Lycett 1848
Cox 1969
Tretospira aff. subnodosa
Cox 1969
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Harpagodes aff. thirriae
Cox 1969
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Zeilleria farringdonensis Rollier 1919
recombined as Zittelina farringdonensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria hararina Jaboli 1959
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Striithyris somaliensis Muir-Wood 1935
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Terebratula aff. breviplicata Kitchin 1900
recombined as Kutchithyris breviplicata
Terebratula cf. suprajurensis Thurmann 1862
recombined as Xestosina suprajurensis
Terebratula subsella Leymerie 1846
recombined as Xestosina subsella
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula semisella
Terebratula cf. oxoniensis
Terebratula nutans
Terebratula matmatensis n. sp. Dubar 1967
Terebratula bussoni Dubar 1967
Terebratula cf. lamberti Douville 1886
Terebratula djeffarae Dubar 1967
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella cf. macfadyeni
Rhynchonella tazerdunensis n. sp. Dubar 1967
Rhynchonella djeffarae n. sp. Dubar 1967
n. subsp. stricta
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Somalirhynchia jordanica (Noetling 1887)
Somalirhynchia smelliei Weir 1925
Somalirhynchia somalica (Dacque 1905)
Somalirhynchia cf. bihenensis Muir-Wood 1935
Somalirhynchia africana Weir 1925
Burmirhynchia cf. weiri (Diaz-Romero 1931)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Lacunosella sp. Wisniewska 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:Tunisia
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 10.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 11.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian - Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tataouine
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:99126
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-28 02:21:06 Last modified:2010-10-28 04:21:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-28 02:21:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34088. G. Dubar. 1967. Brachiopodes Jurassiques du Sahara Tunisien [Jurassic brachiopods from the Tunisian Sahara]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 53:1-71 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

34462 L. R. Cox. 1969. Gasteropodes Jurassiques du Sud-Est Tunisien [Jurassic gastropods from SE Tunisia]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 55(2):241-268 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]