Where: Tunisia (33.0° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tataouine Formation, Middle Callovian to Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl
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 13610: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 16.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Monodiadema cotteaui sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Praesaccella corneti pointed nut clam | |
Pronoella aff. bynei clam | |
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle | |
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam | |
Liostrea sandalina oyster | |
Actinostreon costatum, "Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
Actinostreon costatum oyster
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Naricopsina cotwoldensis snail |