Oued Zefrat (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 11.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Douiret Formation (Merbah el Asfer Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonate

• terrestrial carbonate-rich environment with relatively little mixing

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1995-2005

• All specimens will eventually be stored in the Office National des Mines in Tunis

Primary reference: G. Cuny, A. M. Cobbett, F. J. Meunier and M. J. Benton. 2010. Vertebrate microremains from the Early Cretaceous of southern Tunisia. Geobios 43:615-628 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116300: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet.
Archosauria indet. archosaur
one tooth (OZ4)
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Egertonodus sp.
Egertonodus sp. Maisey 1987 elasmobranch
Thirteen isolated crowns, including OZ1
 Hybodontiformes -
aff. Lissodus sp.
aff. Lissodus sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch
Eighteen more or less complete teeth, including OZ2 and OZ3