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
Nodosariata | |
Vaginulina sp., Planularia complanata, Nodosaria sp., Dentalina sp., Frondicularia sp., Dentalinopsis nodosaria
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella ex gr. parallela ostracod
Cytherella ex gr. ovata Roemer 1841 ostracod
Cytherelloidea sp. Alexander 1929 ostracod | |
Quasihermanites cf. bicarinata ostracod | |
Cytheropteron minutoalatum, Cytheropteron aff. semireticulatum, Eucytherura kokhavensis, Eucytherura sp., Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni, Cytherura talmeyafeensis
Cytheropteron minutoalatum ostracod
Cytheropteron aff. semireticulatum ostracod
Eucytherura kokhavensis ostracod
Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli ostracod
Eocytheropteron peroni ostracod
Cytherura talmeyafeensis ostracod | |
Cythereis cf. malzi ostracod
Rehacythereis zoumoffeni ostracod | |
Neocythere cf. sanninensis, "Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere)
Neocythere cf. sanninensis ostracod
"Centrocythere denticulata" = Neocythere (Centrocythere) ostracod | |
Pterygocythere bismuthi n. sp.
Pterygocythere bismuthi n. sp. ostracod | |
Cornicythereis beidaensis n. sp.
Cornicythereis beidaensis n. sp. ostracod | |
Amphicytherura distincta ostracod | |
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866 ostracod |