Where: Tataouine, Tunisia (32.9° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 12.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Douiret Formation (Merbah el Asfer Group), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 113.0 Ma)
• Fanti et al. (2016) argue that the Douiret Formation is Hauterivian-Barremian in age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1995-2005
• All specimens will eventually be stored in the Office National des Mines in Tunis
Primary reference: D. Srarfi, M. Ouaja, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, G. Barale, S. Ferry, and E. Fara. 2004. Position stratigraphique des niveaux à vertébrés du Mésozoïque Sud-Est de la Tunisie [Stratigraphic position of beds with Mesozoic vertebrates from southeastern Tunisia]. Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie 72:5-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 116296: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.09.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar 43 oral hemispherical teeth, 7 marginal teeth and 111 pharyngeal teeth
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Caturus sp.1 Agassiz 1834 bowfin Five complete teeth, including JBNS4, with both ganoine-covered base and acrodine cap present
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