Where: Tunisia (36.6° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 10.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: fahdène Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy wackestone and poorly lithified marl
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: I. Zghal, R. Damotte, and H. Bismuth. 1996. Les ostracodes de l'Albien du Koudiat el Beida (J. Mrhila, Tunisie centrale). Revue de Micropaléontologie 39(1):67-90 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56813: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella ex gr. parallela ostracod
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Pterygocythere bismuthi n. sp.
Pterygocythere bismuthi n. sp. ostracod | |
Eucytherura kokhavensis, Eucytherura sp., Cytheropteron minutoalatum, Cytheropteron aff. semireticulatum, Cytherura talmeyafeensis, Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni
Eucytherura kokhavensis ostracod
Cytheropteron minutoalatum ostracod
Cytheropteron aff. semireticulatum ostracod
Cytherura talmeyafeensis ostracod
Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli ostracod
Eocytheropteron peroni ostracod | |
Neocythere cf. sanninensis, "Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere)
Neocythere cf. sanninensis ostracod
"Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod | |
Rehacythereis zoumoffeni ostracod
Cythereis cf. malzi ostracod | |
Quasihermanites cf. bicarinata ostracod
Cornicythereis beidaensis n. sp. ostracod | |
Amphicytherura distincta ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940 | |
Nodosariata | |
Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Dentalina sp., Vaginulina sp., Frondicularia sp., Nodosaria sp., Planularia complanata, Dentalinopsis nodosaria
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |