r3/3/2 (Profil 12, Bir Remtha) (Jurassic to of Tunisia)

Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tataouine Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Holzapfel. 1998. Palökologie benthischer Faunengemeinschaften und Taxonomie der Bivalven im Jura von Südtunesien. Beringeria - Würzburger geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (22)1-199 [F. Fursich/D. Hempfling/M. Gahr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13904: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 02.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea indet. Etallon 1859 stony coral
described as morphotype Amphiastrea
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaiidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi D'Orbigny 1921 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia "sp. B" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
described as sp. B
Anisocardia rostrata Sowerby 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida "sp. A" Kuhn 1949
described as sp. A
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis
"Charltonithyris bihinensis" = Arabatia bihinensis Weir 1929
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli
"Terebratula cf. engeli" = Sellithyris engeli Rollier 1918
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863 pencil urchin
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae