Where: Banzart, Tunisia (37.3° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 14.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bechateur Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• 30m of limestone have been assigned to Ladinian-Carnian by Salaj and Bajanid, 1972. They overthrust Ypresian limestones towards the SW by may have been stratigraphically superposed to siliciclastics (Anisian ?), presently not visible. These Triassic limestones (herein called 'Bechateur Formation'), alternatively microrhythmic, are interrupted by three successive key-beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Kamoun, B. Peyernes, R. Ciszak and S. Calzada. 2001. Triassic palaeogeography of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 172:223-242 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42084: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 23.07.2004

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